The British assault Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill near Boston in the bloodiest battle of the war. The British plan to capture Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill on the Charlestown peninsula overlooking ...
YOU JUST KNOW YOUR HISTORY, YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL WAS MISNAMED. IT WAS NOT FOUGHT ON BUNKER HILL OVER THERE. IT WAS FOUGHT ON BREED’S HILL RIGHT HERE. AND WITH THE NATION’S ...
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, archaeologists in Boston have undertaken several projects to uncover more about this historic clash and what the Charlestown ...
CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS—Every American schoolchild learns of the brave stand Revolutionary War Patriots made during the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill. Because they were low on ammunition, soldiers ...
AS THE SUN ROSE on the morning of Friday, April 21, 1775, Capt. Isaac Wyman, a reserve officer of the Keene company of the Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, marched out of town with 22 militiamen ...
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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian and author James Nelson talked about the start of the American Revolutionary War. This lesson details the events of the 1775 American ...
You don’t have to be a fan of the American Revolution to enjoy “The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America” (St. Martin’s Press, 287 pgs., $29 hardback), but it might help. Kostya Kennedy, ...
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As this column focuses on history and history related to Sussex County, we will dwell frequently on the 250th anniversary of the lead up to the birth of our nation, the beginning of the United States ...