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Anonymous

Jan 29, 2025

Has Francis Hughes Street in Boston been renamed?

I have searched extensively online but have been unable to find the answer to my question. In 1981, the city of Boston named a street, where the British consulate was located, after Francis Hughes, a figure associated with the IRA. I would like to know whether this street has been renamed at any point, and if so, was it shortly after the naming or much later? My speculation is that the city may have reconsidered the name after September 12, 2001, when the impact of terrorism on innocent lives became more widely recognized.

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There’s no Francis Hughes Street in Boston. The Consulate has been a variety of places in Boston, now Cambridge. “Before moving to its second location in Kendall Square in Cambridge, the British Consulate-General was located at One Memorial Drive (2002-2009), the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (1990 to 2002), and before that on the 47th floor of the Prudential Tower. Since 1920, the Consulate has occupied a variety of buildings on Atlantic Avenue, 140 or 148 State Street, 10 Post Office Square, and two locations in the Hancock Building.”

All of those streets are very major streets, never renamed anything. There may have been a ceremonial renaming, but nothing permanent. This could be an urban legend.

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Anonymous

Dec 14, 2024

Boston has a rich history and a varied neighbourhood; it has a heritage of arts, culture, and knowledge; Boston has something for all therefore discover what Boston can give you with hotelbye . The three-mile Freedom Trail leads you previous – and into – 16 of the city’s key ancient monuments and sites. It’s easy to follow, by the line of red bricks in the sidewalk and by footprints at street crossings. The walk can get you to Old Granary Burying Ground wherever Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock are hidden; can get you to King’s Chapel Burying Ground, the Boston’s oldest cemetery; Old South Meeting House where in actuality the calling speeches of patriots spawned the Boston Tea Party and the Old State House, Boston’s oldest community building and the site of the Boston Massacre.

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Helmer Willms

Jan 31, 2025

Terrorism is horrible so is having the English for an ally…. useless as teets on a bull.

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