With Faneuil putting up the cash, how could Boston refuse? It took two years to build the structure--which not only had market facilities, but a large meeting hall on the second floor--and when it ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Every Friday and Saturday, Haymarket (one of America's oldest open-air markets) pops up adjacent to Faneuil Hall. In order to navigate this often-chaotic scene successfully ...

In 1742, the same year his hall was inaugurated, one of his ships, the Jolly Batchelor, sailed from Boston to Sierra Leone, ...

We lose the opportunity to speak of the good and bad of that person or, in this case, the history that has taken place in those precious few blocks of Boston. Renaming Faneuil Hall will do the ...

In 1742, the same year his hall was inaugurated, one of his ships, the Jolly Batchelor, sailed from Boston to Sierra Leone, returning with 20 kidnapped Africans. Faneuil lived just long enough to ...