Another plaque bears the famous order given American troops as the British charged ... the nation’s memory of Bunker Hill is mostly bunk. Which makes the 1775 battle a natural topic for ...

When colonial-era reenactors gather in June to mark the 250th anniversary of one of the American Revolution’s most ...

The actions of future Army National Guard units at North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775, shaped the course of ...

The king of England's "Red Coat" British soldiers engaged with a motley focused group of providential farmers, shopkeepers ...

On April 19, 1775, Paul Revere and ... major battle (and defeat) at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Victory wasn't easy for the British. Some 40 percent of their troops — 1,000 men — were ...

Events of enduring significance had occurred before Washington assumed command of 16,000 colonial militia on July 3, 1775, in Cambridge. On June 17, about 2,200 British troops made three frontal ...

The U.S. Postal Service, in collaboration with the U.S. National Park Service, held a ceremony on April 16, 2025, at Minute ...

The first major battle of the American Revolution took place on Breed's Hill in June 1775, though originally it was supposed to take place on nearby Bunker Hill. Names aside, the British won the ...