Let's Rename Faneuil Hall “David Ortiz Hall”!

Let's Rename Faneuil Hall “David Ortiz Hall”

by Robert Anglin and Brendan McDonough

On February 24th we took a trip to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. Faneuil Hall is named after Peter Faneuil and has been a famous part of Boston for over 200 years. Now let's get onto the topic of who Peter Faneuil was:  “Peter Faneuil was a wealthy Bostonian who made his fortune as a merchant in the slave trade”. A slave trader here in Boston? It's part of our history, and not a part to be proud of. Perhaps we should rethink the name. Maybe it should be called “David Ortiz Hall” or “Ted William's Hall” instead!

And while we’re on the topic of baseball, Quincy Market has baseball jerseys hung in the corner walls of the building... 2 Red Sox jerseys and two Japanese jerseys.. Dice K’s and Hideki Okajimas.

We visited Quincy Market, which has a lots of interesting food places and tourist shops. We went for a quick bite to eat, but there were so many delicious choices! We all ate different types of food (instead of the pizza like we usually do every trip- it gets a little bit repetitive after a while, lol). They had places ranging from Chinese Food to sushi to burgers. Quincy market looks kind of small at first glance, until you walk through and realize how big the building actually is- with seats on the lower level and an upstairs. Our writing group sat in the center of Quincy market. We highly recommend this stop for food because it has many interesting choices to grab a bite to eat.