Why Faneuil Hall Is the Perfect Metaphor for the American Revolution's Complicated Definition of Liberty

Atop Faneuil Hall sits a grasshopper weather vane, imitating a similar one on London’s Royal Exchange. Andy Ryan In 1740, when Boston was a colonial outpost of 16,500 people, an extravagantly wealthy merchant named Peter Faneuil offered his city a gift. To replace the informal scrum of vendors gathered at the city’s docks, Faneuil proposed a modern marketplace to suit the ambitions of a growing city that, in just…