When colonial-era reenactors gather in June to mark the 250th anniversary of one of the American Revolution’s most significant battles, it won’t be near the site of the original battle in Boston. But ...

As the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution begins next year, hundreds of history buffs will reenact the Battle of Bunker Hill in Gloucester instead of the Charlestown battlefield where ...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians was founded in 1565 in County Kildare, Ireland. The first AOH Division in America was founded in the coal-mining area of Pennsylvania in 1836. In 1838, the AOH ...

Over a thousand colonials marched east from Cambridge with orders to fortify Bunker Hill, a 110-foot rise on the Charlestown peninsula jutting into Boston Harbor. But the Americans bypassed Bunker ...

Exhibits explain the Battle of Bunker Hill, the construction of the monument, and the history of Charlestown. Free tickets are required to climb the monument and you can also pick them up at the ...

A new set of stamps honors five pivotal American Revolution battlefields across the Northeast as the US prepares for its ...

Newly released watercolor stamps from the USPS commemorate the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington, Concord and ...

In one of the deadliest battles of the Revolutionary War, British troops assaulted militiamen occupying Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill ... British to take control of Charlestown peninsula.

which is the first-completed of 15 proposed new buildings at the Bunker Hill Apartments site in Boston’s Charlestown. A joint venture of Leggat McCall Properties and Joseph J. Corcoran Company ...

Though defeated at Bunker Hill, American revolutionaries proved at the June 17, 1775, battle in Charlestown that they could go toe-to-toe with the professional British Army. The British victory ...