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Historic Faneuil Hall
Peter Faneuil (1700-1743) built Faneuil Hall in 1742 in or...
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) was a self-taught man,...
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) was born and raise...
Irish Famine Memorial
The Irish have always been a part of Boston’s histor...
Up in Flames!
Some people can take their hobbies a littl...
The Halloween Inferno
Shortly after midnight on November 1, 1905...
Fort Dearborn Footprint
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Historic Faneuil Hall
Peter Faneuil (1700-1743) built Faneuil Hall in 1742 in order to fill a need for a public market. The market was on the first floor, while the second floor was the Great Hall where town meetings and civic gatherings occurred. ...
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) was a self-taught man, who loved to read. Through his love of reading he was able to become an inventor, statesman, and famous intellectual. He was born in Boston to a soap maker who eventually fathered seventeen ...
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) was born and raised in Boston by a mixed race family. Her family was religious, her father helped found a Boston Zion church. The family was also considered one of the most well off and ...
Irish Famine Memorial
The Irish have always been a part of Boston’s history, but in small numbers. During the Great Famine or “An Gorta Mor,” an incredible number of Irish fled their native land for a new beginning in America. Between 1845 and ...
Up in Flames!
Some people can take their hobbies a little too seriously! In June of 1984, two Pensacola teenagers broke into the Sportland News Company on South Palafox Street. The two would-be burglars made off with over 500 comic books, many ...
The Halloween Inferno
Shortly after midnight on November 1, 1905, a massive fire erupted along the western side of the first block of South Palafox Street, just south of Garden Street. The fire completely destroyed every building on the block, including the ...
Fort Dearborn Footprint
Embedded into the sidewalk outside of the Michigan Avenue Fannie May store are dozens of small rectangular metal plates arranged in a curious pattern. A bit of exploration reveals ...
Schoenhofen Brewery
PeterSchoenhofenandMattheusGottfried opened a brewery at 12th and Jefferson in 1860, continuing a tradition of brewing in Chicago that began with German immigrants in the 1830s. So popular was beer among ...
