All posts tagged "Battle of Bunker Hill"
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10.5K4MassachusettsBaron von Steuben Shows the Army a Bayonet Is Not a Grilling Tool
An impoverished Prussian nobleman named Baron Friedrich von Steuben showed up in Valley Forge on Feb. 23, 1778, and taught the Continental...
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10.2K6Crime and ScandalAgnes Surriage and Her Journey from Tavern Wench to Lady of the Manor
In 1742, Charles Henry Frankland, the king’s collector for the port of Boston, visited Marblehead, Mass. — probably to assess the improvements...
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6.9K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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8.9K16MassachusettsBenjamin Edes, Father of the Boston Tea Party and Keeper of Its Secrets
Benjamin Edes instigated and paid for the Boston Tea Party – and, to his death, guarded the secret list of all who participated. Edes...
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4.4K14MassachusettsCaleb Haskell Begins Arnold’s Expedition to Quebec
Revolutionary War soldier Caleb Haskell must have thought Arnold’s expedition to Quebec was a good idea. He signed up for it during...
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5.2K9New HampshireJohn Stark Runs the Gauntlet His Way, Wins Battles, Writes a Letter
Revolutionary War Gen. John Stark displayed his fighting spirit well before his heroics at the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Battle...
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10.7K6MassachusettsPeter Edes, Apprentice Printer, Imprisoned by the British
Peter Edes, 18, ended up in prison on June 19, 1775, after he caught the attention of the British Regulars by watching the Battle...
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5.3K8Massachusetts10-Year-Old Loyalist Watches Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker HillA 10-year-old Loyalist girl named Dorothea Gamsby watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from a window. She was staying...
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7.9K10MassachusettsBattle of Bunker Hill Distresses Abigail Adams, 10 Miles Away
Abigail Adams just had to see the Battle of Bunker Hill for herself, despite her husband’s warnings that she and the children...
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22.8K6MaineThe Revolutionary Flags That Fell to the Stars and Stripes
The patriots who fought for independence from Great Britain did so under a variety of revolutionary flags. But by June 14, 1777,...
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