The Battle of Bunker Hill 250 Committee is holding a press conference at 9 a.m. on Friday to officially kick off a historic weekend of events commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of ...

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 ...

Salem Poor, a Black soldier, was singled out for his bravery in one of the first clashes of the American Revolution, but his ...

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 ...

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: ...

On this day, June 17, 1775, the American nation came of age. The Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the most significant clashes of the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire, was fought, ...

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 ...

JUNE THE 17TH. TONIGHT ON CHRONICLE. OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE? BY THE DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT. THE POETRY OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY HARMONIZED BEAUTIFULLY BY CHILDREN FROM THE WARREN-PRESCOTT SCHOOL. THIS REHEARSAL ...