Location
Faneuil Hall
| Built | 1742 (gift of merchant Peter Faneuil) |
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| Nickname | The Cradle of Liberty |
"Cradle of Liberty" — a market below and a meeting hall above, where Patriots gave speeches from the 1760s. The gilded grasshopper weathervane on top, made by coppersmith Shem Drowne in 1742, has doubled as a time capsule since 1761. Out front stands Anne Whitney's statue of Samuel Adams, defiantly demanding British troops leave Boston after the Massacre. Stop 11 on the Freedom Trail.