On Charlestown peninsula, on June 17, 1775, the bloody battle of Bunker Hill was fought.
Here in Lexington on April 19, 1775, the shot "heard 'round the world" was fired. To the west is the town of Concord, where, later that day, the British expedition fought the American militia. The British column retreated to Boston and sustained heavy casualties from the harassing Americans. wikipedia / image
Cartouche depicting the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620 (MDCXX on rock)
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Thinking Dorchester Hill was not surmountable, the British left this position undefended. In March 1776, Washington surprised the British by taking and fortifying Dorchester Hill. From these heights American canon threatened the British in Boston and forced them to evacuate the town by ship on March 17, 1776. Today that is known in Boston as "Evacuation Day." wikipedia
American sunk vessels here to deter the British from sailing this far, landing troops here and splitting the American forces.
American sunk vessels here to deter the British from sailing this far, landing troops here and splitting the American forces.
Washington, the central figure, but he would never have stood so precariously in the crossing!
Example of a Durham boat.
Hell's gate
Gravesend Bay
George Washington at Yorktown, painted by Charles Wilson Peale in 1782. Wikipedia
George Washington at Yorktown, painted by Charles Wilson Peale in 1782. Wikipedia