Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill

The Second Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Continental Army, June 14, 1775, and just three days later, the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought between British and Colonial forces in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which is now a neighborhood of Boston.On that day, about 1,200 men of the Colonial force moved from Boston to the hilly Charlestown peninsula overlooking Boston an...