All posts tagged "Battle of Bunker Hill"
-
24.0K6MassachusettsPeter 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...
-
8.7K8Massachusetts10-Year-Old Loyalist Watches Battle of Bunker Hill
A 10-year-old Loyalist girl named Dorothea Gamsby watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from a window. She was staying with her uncle,...
-
13.7K10MassachusettsBattle of Bunker Hill Distressed Abigail Adams, 10 Miles Away
Decades after the Battle of Bunker Hill distressed Abigail Adams, her son could still get overwrought when he remembered it. Abigail just...
-
37.9K6MaineThe 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,...
-
45.2K19MassachusettsJoseph Warren Dies a Martyr in the Battle of Bunker Hill
Dr. Joseph Warren died a martyr’s death in the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. According to British Gen. Thomas Gage...
-
21.4K10New HampshireThe New Hampshire Pine Tree Riot of 1772
New Hampshire’s oppressive pine tree laws sparked a little-known colonial uprising in 1772 called the Pine Tree Riot. An early test of British...
To Top
