The battle for the heights north of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, taking place on 17 June, 1775. Second in the American War of Independence series.

Information and Image Sources:
Frothingham, Richard. Battle of Bunker Hill. Little, Brown and Company, 1890
Frothingham, Richard. History of the Siege of Boston. Little, Brown and Company, 1849
Ketchum, Richard M. Decisive Day: The Battle of Bunker Hill. Doubleday, 1962
“Bunker Hill.” The Freedom Trail Foundation, www.thefreedomtrail.org/visitor/bunker-hill.html
“The Battle of Bunker Hill.” National Parks Service, www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/42bunker/42facts2.htm
“Today in History June 17.” Library of Congress, memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun17.htm
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Many thanks to the numerous websites that hosted images, found using the search engine DuckDuckGo.
Factoid: Along with numerous websites that hosted images, found using the search engine DuckDuckGo.June 17th each year is a legal holiday in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Somerville, Middlesex County. It is called Bunker Hill Day.

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