The Battle of Bunker Hill proved that colonial forces could stand against trained British troops. Although the British captured the position, their losses were severe and unsettling. The siege of ...

The Battle of Bunker Hill was technically a British victory, but it changed the war in unexpected ways. This video explains how the colonial forces proved they could stand up to professional troops.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Lane, of the consortium Revolution 250, about why the Battle of Bunker Hill won't be reenacted at Bunker Hill to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. June ...

Timothy Riordan, Ph.D., historian and vice president of the Charlestown Historical Society in Massachusetts, said the average age of the men fighting the British Army was 27 years old. With Riordan's ...

For the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the fighting took place in Gloucester. The seaside community brought 1775, and one of the Revolutionary War’s major battlegrounds, back to life ...

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: ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...