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June 19, 2005
230 Years Ago~Remembering the Battle of Bunker Hill
It was June 17, 1775, and two thousand or so British Red Coats were storming up a hill in Boston, attacking the pesky Americans (and certainly some were friends of the Sons of Liberty) during our first American Revolution. The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major conflict between our American troops and the British, although the actual location of the battle was Breed's Hill. American fighters were ordered to hold fire until they saw "the whites of their eyes." It has been reported that by the time the British were within 15 paces of the American line, a fatal volley of rifle fire burst across the British advance, halting it. Although the American Revolution had begun as a fight in Lexington and Concord, it was from now on a major war.
CONTINUE REMEMBERING BUNKER HILL
Posted by wjbailes at June 19, 2005 09:07 AM
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