On June 17, 1775, some 1,000 rebel colonial troops faced down the British war machine on a hill on a peninsula north of ...

Archaeologists digging at Boston’s Bunker Hill Monument have uncovered musket balls, gun flints and the remains of a ...

Explore the pivotal Battle of Bunker Hill and the surrounding Siege of Boston during the American Revolution.

Dig at Boston site reveals ammunition intriguing finds from 1775 clash that launched revolutionary war in earnest ...

The earthen fortification created by the Americans was originally intended for Bunker Hill. But, for some unknown reason, the patriots instead fortified a lower, adjacent site called Breed’s Hill.

The Battle of Bunker Hill proved that colonial forces could stand against trained British troops. Although the British ...

GLOUCESTER — Advancing up a sun-splashed slope Saturday afternoon, hundreds of British troops mounted their third assault of the day on a cheering, resilient wall of Colonial soldiers. Twice before ...

Archaeologists searching beneath Charlestown's Breed's Hill for new clues about one of the most significant sites in the American Revolution have already found notable artifacts.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—According to an Associated Press report, an excavation conducted at Breed's Hill, the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, has uncovered the outline of an earthworks, eight musket ...

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 ...

Before the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, before the Battle of Brooklyn, certain key conflicts set the stage for the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of ...

Artifacts that haven't seen the light of day in 251 years are being discovered at the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts – just in time for the nation's 250th birthday. The project is ...