The ‘Battle of Bunker Hill’, which took place on June 17th 1775, was the first time New England soldiers faced the British army in a pitched battle during the American Revolution. Fought outside of Boston on the Charlestown peninsula, the battle itself took place, in large part, on Breed’s Hill rather than nearby Bunker Hill. | Simple History

On this day in 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill begins. Despite losing strategic positions, the battle proved to the Americans that they stood a chance at overcoming the seemingly superior British military. | We Are The Mighty