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	National Park Service - Colonials and Patriots (Faneuil Hall)
		Faneuil Hall heard the voices of the most notable leaders in the fight for the abolition of slavery in the 19th century, and it remains today a significant symbol of the struggle for American freedom.
		Faneuil Hall's great role in the Revolutionary movement had not ended, however, for in a town meeting there on November 2, 1772, Samuel Adams succeeded in creating the extralegal Committee of Correspondence, the first of the bodies that produced the union of the American Colonies.
		Faneuil Hall ceased to be the scene of town meetings after Boston obtained a city charter in 1822, but remained a popular meeting place and forum during the 19th century.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitec10.htm (772 words)

	Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market in The Boston Insider: Travel Tips on Getting the Most Out of Boston
		By 1805, the Hall had become too small to serve the needs of the city, and Charles Bullfinch, one of America's foremost architects, was commissioned to design the expanded structure that remains virtually unaltered.
		Faneuil Hall's first floor continues to operate as a market, although most of the stores offer handicrafts where their predecessors sold food.
		Faneuil Hall is open on Sundays from noon to 6:00 PM and Monday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
	www.theinsider.com /Boston/attractions/2faneuil.htm (1031 words)

	Faneuil Hall Boston
		Faneuil Hall was originally designed in 1740 by John Smibert.
		The first floor of the Faneuil Hall served as a market place, the second floor contained a large meeting hall which was first used for town meetings in 1764.
		After Boston was incorporated as a city in 1822, the meeting hall wasn't used for town meetings anymore, but it continued to be the city's most important meeting hall well into the next century.
	www.bostonhotelservice.com /faneuil_hall/boston_faneuil_hall.html (294 words)

	Faneuil Hall Boston, the Cradle of Liberty
		On March 3, 1748, Faneuil died, and the first public gathering in the new hall was on the occasion of the eulogy of him on March 14th 1748.
		Faneuil was buried in the Granary Burying Ground.
		During the occupation of Boston in 1774, the hall was used as a theatre for British officers.
	www.celebrateboston.com /sites/faneuilhall.htm (458 words)

	Faneuil Hall
		Faneuil Hall is located in the center of downtown Boston.
		Faneuil Hall was expanded in 1826 to include the Quincy Market, which was designed in the then-popular Greek Revival style and later dubbed for Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy.
		Faneuil's original Hall was intended to serve Bostonians as a market place for food on one level, and a market place for ideas on the second.
	faneuil-hall.visit-boston-massachusetts.com (467 words)

	City seeks return to roots for Faneuil Hall Marketplace - The Boston Globe
		Two centuries earlier Faneuil Hall housed the first shouts of colonial rebellion, and later, the success of the marketplace spawned another revolution as cities across the country turned historic areas into shopping meccas.
		Faneuil Hall Marketplace consists of four buildings that are owned by the city: Quincy, North, and South markets.
		Faneuil Hall first opened in 1742, built as a gift to Boston by one of the city's wealthiest merchants, Peter Faneuil.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/04/30/city_seeks_return_to_roots_for_faneuil_hall_marketplace (1461 words)

	City of Boston
		Faneuil Hall has served as a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742.
		Faneuil Hall was expanded in 1806 by Charles Bulfinch.
		When Boston became a city the use of Faneuil Hall as a government meeting place came to an end, but it was still regularly used.
	www.cityofboston.gov /freedomtrail/faneuilhall.asp (192 words)

	Faneuil Hall, Boston
		Faneuil Hall Square, at the southeast intersection of Congress Street and North Street.
		On Dock Square is Faneuil Hall, known as the "cradle of liberty".
		Faneuil Hall (1742) in Boston, MA served as a town meeting hall.
	www.planetware.com /boston/faneuil-hall-us-ma-fan.htm (180 words)

	BOSTON -- Faneuil Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Faneuil Hall, Congress St., across from Government Center, Boston, MA, (617) 338-2323.
		Donated to the city by Peter Faneuil in 1742 and enlarged in 1806, this is the "Cradle of Liberty" made famous by the many politicians of old who duked it out over -- what else?
		Faneuil Hall Marketplace, by far the biggest tourist attraction in the city and the original downtown urban-renewal project, is open all summer long.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /supplements/summer/01/listings/SIGHT_MASS_BOST_FANEUIL_HALL.html (83 words)

	Rambles Around Boston: Old State House, Dock Square, Faneuil Hall
		The Faneuil Hall we see is the “Cradle of Liberty” of pre-Revolutionary days enlarged and embellished in the early nineteenth century to meet the requirements of later generations.
		Faneuil Hall was built on Town land, reclaimed from the tide, and when erected stood on the edge of the Town Dock and back of Dock Square.
		That Faneuil’s scheme originally contemplated a market-house solely, and the addition of a town-hall was an after suggestion of others, which was no sooner made than was cheerfully adopted by him, was greatly to his credit.
	www.kellscraft.com /RamblesBoston/ramblesboston02.html (4345 words)

	Faneuil Hall \| Boston Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Faneuil Hall was substantially enlarged and remodeled in 1805 according to a Greek Revival design of the noted architect Charles Bulfinch; this is the building you see today.
		Inside Faneuil Hall are dozens of paintings of famous Americans, including the mural Webster's Reply to Hayne, Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington at Dorchester Heights.
		Once you've had a good look at the Hall, you may wonder why the gold-plated weather vane atop the cupola is in the shape of a grasshopper.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=boston@33&cur_section=sig&property_id=51805 (575 words)

	Faneuil Hall - Boston's Freedom Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Merchant Peter Faneuil built this building in 1742 and donated it to the town.
		Because of the protests against the British taxation policies voiced here during the 1760's, the meeting hall is dubbed the "Cradle of Liberty".
		Faneuil Hall is located adjacent to the Quincy Market building.
	bizkard.com /freedom/faneuil/index.shtml (92 words)

	Faneuil Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Faneuil Hall is a historic building located adjacent to the Quincy Market building in Boston, Massachusetts.
		The Hall was reopened to the public in 1763.
		Thus, according to the design of Charles Bulfinch, Faneuil Hall was substantially enlarged and remodeled in 1806.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2376.html (627 words)

	Boston NHP: Freedom Trail/Faneuil Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The hall, named for Faneuil, was built on land gained by the filling of the small cove near the ancient and dilapidated town dock.
		Peter Faneuil's original Hall was intended to serve Bostonians as a market place for food on one level, and a market place for ideas on the second.
		Faneuil Hall, owned by the City of Boston, is preserved through cooperation with the National Park Service.
	www.nps.gov /bost/bost_lographics/faneuil.htm (802 words)

	Faneuil Hall : 75 State Street - Boston Landmark
		Boston's voters agreed with Faneuil's controversial proposal by a slim majority and a meeting space suitable for town gatherings was constructed.
		But tragedy struck the area just 19 years later when Faneuil Hall burned.Two years passed before the marketplace was rebuilt, this time financed by a public lottery.
		The secret to the charm of Faneuil Hall Marketplace is its celebration of city living, close to the nearby North End Italian neighborhood, the docks and famed Boston Harbor.
	www.travelgrande.com /boston-travel-guide/faneuil-hall-info.htm (492 words)

	iBoston - Your Guide to Massachusetts History
		Peter Faneuil (1700-1743) had gained his wealth the old fashioned way, he inherited it from his uncle Andrew.
		Such was the case with Faneuil hall was built at the water's edge in 1742.
		By 1805 Smibert's Faneuil Hall was no longer large enough to serve the city.
	www.iboston.org /mcp.php?pid=faneuilHall (297 words)

	Faneuil Market Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The original building, begun in 1740 and completed in 1742, was constructed at the expense of the merchant Peter Faneuil and presented by him to the city.
		The hall is also famous as the place where speeches were made by the American statesmen Daniel Webster and Charles Sumner, the American abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and others.
		Faneuil Hall is still in use as a museum, meeting hall, and market.
	www.masstourist.com /faneuil.htm (235 words)

	Faneuil Hall Speeches in full (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On Friday evening, Faneuil Hall was filled to overflowing, with the people of Boston and vicinity, to consider what steps should be taken to save Massachusetts from the disgrace of having a man, who claimed the protection of her laws, taken by violence from her metropolis and consigned to perpetual slavery.
		Faneuil Hall is up in the purlieus of that Court House, where, to-morrow, the children of Otis and Hancock are to prove that they are not bastards.
		It is for Marshal Tukey, to skulk down State Street, between sunlight and moonlight; but when the sons of Faneuil Hall take that man out of the hands of the kidnapper, they shall do it in the face of the sun.
	www.assumption.edu /dept/history/His130/P-H/Burns/Speechesinfull.html (5000 words)

	Hatred at Faneuil Hall (Jerusalem Post)
		I was receiving a justice award from the Jewish Council on Public Affairs and delivering a talk on Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism from the podium of that historic hall.
		The shouters in front of Faneuil Hall wanted no views but their own to be seen and heard.
		They succeeded that day in front of Faneuil Hall, as they have on some university campuses, but the marketplace of ideas is far too vibrant to be shut down by a bunch of self-righteous thugs shouting ugly and bigoted epithets.
	www.law.harvard.edu /faculty/dershowitz/Articles/faneuilhall.html (772 words)

	Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market- Boston, MA - VirtualTourist.com
		Faneuil Hall (pronounced like you are saying the word "annual" with the letter "F" in front) began in 1764 as the "Cradle of Liberty", Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty rallied colonists to assert their independance during the American Revolution.
		The modern day Faneuil Hall manages to be both a tourist attraction and a local Bostonian grab a bite to eat sort of place, ideal for a takeaway lunch down by the harbour or on the grass of Columbus Park, weather permitting obviously.
		The structures were designed in 1826 as part of a public-works project, to alleviate the cramped conditions of Faneuil Hall and clean up the refuse that collected in Town Dock, the pond behind it.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Massachusetts/Boston-794476/Things_To_Do-Boston-Faneuil_Hall_Quincy_Market-BR-1.html (1775 words)

	Faneuil Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is sometimes known as "the Cradle of Liberty." [1]
		Though "Faneuil" is originally French, it is pronounced ['fæn.əl] or ['fænˌ.jəl] rather than ['fa.nøj].
		Native Bostonians generally pronounce it to rhyme with "panel" or "Daniel", with the former generally preferred by older Bostonians (baby boomers and older), and the latter gradually replacing it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faneuil_Hall (757 words)

	Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, MA - AOL City Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Granted, the rabble-rousers and revolutionaries who once thronged Faneuil Hall's cobblestone byways have been replaced by restaurateurs and vendors, but it still holds firmly to its title as the Cradle of Liberty -- even if it's just the liberty to choose between two Todd English restaurants.
		Despite its centrality to the city's commercial and political identity, the marketplace had fallen into such decay by the '60s that it was slated for demolition -- a fate from which it was happily saved by a world- class urban renewal project, showcasing the modernist vision of architect Benjamin Thompson.
		Faneuil Hall is an okay place to go to just to hang out and look beautiful in the sun...
	cityguide.aol.com /boston/entertainment/faneuil-hall-marketplace/v-106539150 (502 words)

	Faneuil Hall Marketplace \| Boston Central
		Faneuil Hall Marketplace is actually four great places in one location — Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, North Market and South Market, all set around a cobblestone promenade where jugglers, magicians and musicians entertain the passers-by.
		To better accommodate the merchants and shoppers, Faneuil Hall was expanded in 1826 to include Quincy Market, which was designed in the then-popular Greek Revival style and later dubbed for Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy.
		Follow Surface Road south (Faneuil Hall is on the right-hand side).
	www.bostoncentral.com /activities/museums/p230.php (708 words)

	Business Ticker - The Boston Globe
		The problem is that the Rack, the popular downtown pool hall and bar, is in the same space that Hard Rock says it's moving to.
		Hard Rock issued a statement this morning saying that it would move from its current location in Copley Square to a new location at 20 Clinton Street near Faneuil Hall, with 16,000 square-feet of space, a 400-seat restaurant, retail area and a stage for live performances.
		Deborah Sierchio, a spokeswoman for Hard Rock Cafe, said the space it plans on occupying was previously inhabited by a pool hall and a pizza restaurant.
	www.boston.com /business/ticker/2006/09/hard_rock_cafe.html (235 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Faneuil Hall at Epinions.com
		In my years of schooling back home not once did the teachers say "Well, class, it's time for an historical field trip...off we go to Faneuil Hall." Yet when my fiancee, now wife, came out for her visit we headed straight for Boston and Faneuil Hall.
		Faneuil Hall, pictured in the forefront of the photograph Epinions has shared, is a former meeting house as one can probably surmise from its shape.
		So today's Faneuil Hall, with its shops and restaurants and tourist memorabilia is not as much of a reach from what it was originally.
	www.epinions.com /content_56142237316 (763 words)

	Faneuil Hall, Boston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Faneuil Hall, a historic building in Georgian style is the center of Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace, a popular area with foodstalls, restaurants, shops and street entertainment.
		After Boston was incorporated as a city in 1822, the meeting hall wasn't used for town meetings anymore,
		but it continued to be the city's most important meeting hall well into the next century.
	www.aviewoncities.com /boston/faneuilhall.htm (328 words)

	Boston - Faneuil Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Peter Faneuil gave this structure to the city of Boston in 1742.
		John Adams called Faneuil Hall 'The Cradle of Liberty.' Many town meetings were held here during the revolutionary era.
		In the plaza behind the hall stands the statue of Samuel Adams.
	www.newberry.org /k12maps/module_13/faneuil_hall.html (68 words)

	Boston Classical Orchestra: About Faneuil Hall
		After the Revolution, the size of Faneuil Hall became inadequate and in 1805 the town called on Charles Bulfinch to expand the old building.
		Peter Faneuil's original building was intended to serve Bostonians as a market place for food on one level, and a venue for ideas on the other.
		In 1980 came the debut of the Boston Classical Orchestra that continues to make its home in the historic auditorium, performing music from the time when Faneuil Hall was a platform for activism by Samuel Adams, Daniel Webster, and more recently, Susan B.
	www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org /about/faneuil-hall.html (211 words)

	Wolf Run Studio - Faneuil Hall Notecards
		Merchant Peter Faneuil felt so strongly that Boston needed a central market, he built one at his own expense and donated it to the city.
		To counter opposition from hawkers and peddlers, he added a second-floor town hall, where his own memorial was held six years after completion of the building.
		Faneuil Hall became known as America’s “Cradle of Liberty” after Samuel Adams and others gathered there to protest British taxation policies.
	www.wolfrunstudio.com /PAGES/pg_amr12.html (416 words)

	Faneuil Hall in Boston - Guide to Boston's Faneuil Hall
		Located across from the waterfront in the heart of the city, it spans more than six acres and encompasses Faneuil Hall, a brick hall used for gatherings, and Quincy Market, three restored nineteenth century granite buildings.
		Faneuil Hall Marketplace, also referred to as Quincy Market, is steeped in history and appeals to all ages.
		Renowned architect Charles Bulfinch expanded Faneuil Hall in 1805 after its size became inadequate.
	boston.travelape.com /attractions/faneuil-hall (716 words)

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