Por: The Boston Globe Politics May 20, 2023
A dozen religious leaders and activists delivered more than 3,000 signatures on a petition Friday morning to City Hall in support of changing the name of Faneuil Hall, the popular tourist attraction named after a merchant whose wealth was a product of the slave trade.The group called on city officials to follow through with their commitment to address harms caused by Boston’s participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and make renaming... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Politics January 13, 2023
One day before Boston celebrates the unveiling of a statue dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., two dozen or so demonstrators staged a sit-in Thursday outside Mayor Michelle Wu’s City Hall office, pushing for the city to rename tourism hotspot Faneuil Hall because of its... + más
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Four people who participated in a City Hall sit-in Thursday were arrested and charged with trespassing, according to police.The individuals were part of a group who occupied the reception area of Mayor Michelle Wu’s City Hall office for several hours Thursday. The group of... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Nation January 11, 2023
For nearly three centuries, has been perched atop Faneuil Hall, standing guard from its time as a commercial center to its designation as a revolutionary hub and, eventually, a tourist attraction.It’s likely that anyone who has set foot in Boston has at one time laid eyes on... + más
At City Hall, a sit-in to protest the name of a Boston landmark | The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe USA Politics December 02, 2022
The cruel irony is not lost on Gary Dotterman.In 1989, there was an effort to erect a small sign in the Fenway area to memorialize his partner, neighborhood activist John Cyrus, who had died of AIDS two years prior. That was until South Boston councilor James M. “Jimmy”... + más
The Boston Globe USA Opinion November 03, 2022
I was among the Boston clergy who chained themselves last month to Faneuil Hall, It is the legacy of Colonial merchant Peter Faneuil that chains Boston’s reputation to the worst of our racist origins.Some claim that this would erase history ( Letters, Oct. 26). That is not so.... + más
The Boston Globe USA Politics October 19, 2022
Three ministers chained themselves to Faneuil Hall Wednesday afternoon to urge city officials to rename the historic town meeting hall and marketplace named for Peter Faneuil, a colonial merchant who became one of Boston’s richest men partly through the transatlantic slave... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Business October 10, 2022
One could say that Soul Cannabis, a project vying to take over the now-vacant space at Faneuil Hall long occupied by the Durgin-Park restaurant, is a joint venture.That’s because Soul Cannabis would include not just a marijuana dispensary, a first for the historic site, but it... + más
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