The Bunker Hill Monument that towers above Charlestown is one of Boston's most well-known historic markers. But a group of Charlestown residents say it isn't a sufficient recognition of the first ...

The Battle of Bunker Hill, 250 years ago this week, dropped the other shoe on the Thirteen Colonies’ march toward independence. In that spring of 1775, the first shots were fired with some uncertainty ...

John Trumball's The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The last stop on Boston’s Freedom Trail is a shrine to the fog of war. “Breed’s ...

Timothy Riordan, Ph.D., historian and vice president of the Charlestown Historical Society in Massachusetts, said the average age of the men fighting the British Army was 27 years old. With Riordan's ...

At the Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown 250 years ago, hundreds of people joined the fight against the British, an early battle in the American Revolution. One of them was David How, then only 18 ...

NEW YORK — As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment — or more — to remember why. Start with the very name. “There's something percussive about it: ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment — or more — to remember why. Start with the very name. “There’s something percussive about ...

In short, the nation’s memory of Bunker Hill is mostly bunk. Which makes the 1775 battle a natural topic for Nathaniel Philbrick, an author drawn to iconic and misunderstood episodes in American ...