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Freedom Trail Stop 12:
Faneuil Hall

Location: 0 Faneuil Hall Sq.
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Faneuil Hall


Peter Faneuil donated this building to the city in 1742. The second floor meeting hall has been dubbed "the Cradle of Liberty" because of the protestes it housed against British policy.

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The following Freedom Trail highlights are indicated by markers (right) and connected by a red line embedded into the pavement.

Stops:

1. Boston Common

2. "New" State House

3. Park Street Church

4. Granary Burying Ground

5. King's Chapel

6. Site of First Public School

7. Benjamin Franklin Statue

8. Old Corner Book Store

9. Old South Meeting House

10. Old State House

11. Site of Boston Massacre

12. Faneuil Hall

13. Quincy Market

14. Paul Revere House

15. Old North Church

16. Copp's Hill Burying Ground

17. Bunker Hill Monument

18. USS Constitution




 


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