1,000 colonial soldiers quietly marched onto the Charlestown Peninsula. Armed with muskets, picks, and shovels, they worked through the darkness to build an earthen fortress within sight of British-occupied Boston.

In this episode, discover the dramatic story of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Sites I used to make this episode

National Park Service: The Battle of Bunker Hill National Park Service: Bunker Hill 

Massachusetts Historical Society: The Battle of Bunker Hill and Siege of Boston  

Massachusetts Historical Society: William Prescott’s letter to John Adams  Massachusetts Historical Society: Peter Brown’s letter to his mother 

National Park Service: Colonel William Prescott 

National Park Service: The Revolutionary War Diary of Moses Sleeper 


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