They would tell you about the controversy surrounding free speech, which thrived at the Hall, but not without resistance relating stories about the time that Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate, was arrested and carried off the stage (November 13, 1921) for trying to speak about birth control; or about, the second anniversary of the execution of Sacco & Vanzetti, which was held at the Hall when officials in Boston denied the use of Fanueil Hall for the event.