Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 (Charlestown, MA) animation by sharkdicktattoo

The ‘Battle of Bunker Hill’, which took place on June 17th 1775, was the first time New England soldiers faced the British army in a pitched battle during the American Revolution. Fought outside of Boston on the Charlestown peninsula, the battle itself took place, in large part, on Breed’s Hill rather than nearby Bunker Hill. | Simple History