Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A child of French Huguenot refugees, Peter Faneuil was a mercantile businessman and philanthropist. Faneuil’s fortune ...

Faneuil Hall is visited by millions of tourists every year. But few know its ties to the slave trade. Boston is trying to figure out how to reckon... Faneuil Hall's Ties To Slavery Spark Debate In ...

Faneuil Hall is no doubt an iconic Boston landmark. Tourists frequently visit the area on their journey along the Freedom Trail, and after walking past brick after brick, cobblestone after cobblestone ...

On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27–28, Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace hosted its annual Fall Festival, a weekend celebration that drew families, shoppers, history buffs and seasonal revelers ...

What’s in a Name? I was disappointed to read of the renaming of Faneuil Hall (“The Long Hall,” January/February 2025). It is the same as tearing down the statue of a historical figure. We lose the ...

On a weekend, crowds usually gather outside Faneuil Hall to see street performers twirling batons and doing magic tricks. Audiences saw a much different performance Saturday: a slave auction ...