June 17, 1775 - the Battle of Bunker Hill, a major conflict in the American Revolution. The British won, but at a great cost. And the redcoats realized that those pesky folks who call themselves ...

though originally it was supposed to take place on nearby Bunker Hill. Names aside, the British won the battle but fared worse than their American foes. The British sacrificed about nearly half of ...

In one of the deadliest battles of the Revolutionary War, British troops assaulted militiamen occupying Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill, so as to prevent the British from taking control of the hills ...

Though the British won the battle, historians say the encounter ... accelerated the movement toward American independence,” Bunker Hill 250 organizers said on the event’s website.