The battle for the heights north of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, taking place on 17 June, 1775. Second in the American War of Independence series.
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Information and Image Sources:
Frothingham, Richard. Battle of Bunker Hill. Little, Brown and Company, 1890
Frothingham, Richard. History of the Siege of Boston. Little, Brown and Company, 1849
Ketchum, Richard M. Decisive Day: The Battle of Bunker Hill. Doubleday, 1962
“Bunker Hill.” The Freedom Trail Foundation - https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/visitor/bunker-hill.html
“The Battle of Bunker Hill.” National Parks Service - https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/42bunker/42facts2.htm
“Today in History June 17.” Library of Congress, https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun17.htm
History of Massachusetts - https://historyofmassachusetts.org/ba...
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Many thanks to the numerous websites that hosted images, found using the search engine DuckDuckGo.
Factoid: Along with numerous websites that hosted images, found using the search engine DuckDuckGo.June 17th each year is a legal holiday in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Somerville, Middlesex County. It is called Bunker Hill Day.
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