Bunker Hill

American  

[buhng-ker] / ˈbʌŋ kər /

noun

1. a hill in Charlestown, Mass.: the first major battle of the American Revolution, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, was fought on adjoining Breed's Hill on June 17, 1775.

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Bunker Hill British  

noun

1. the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers

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Bunker Hill

For all the attention paid to the dramatic events of Lexington, Bunker Hill and other battles early in the Revolution, little substantial combat occurred in the North after the clash at Monmouth in June 1778.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Our teachers took us to Plymouth Rock, Bunker Hill, Walden Pond, Salem, and most novel for a group of teenage Manhattanites, a real-life mall, the kind we saw only on television.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Despite the critiques and setbacks, folks have continued to flock to Bunker Hill to take an otherworldly escalator ride and fill their social media feeds with images of Robert Therrien’s 10-foot table sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

As Marsak describes in the book’s introduction, he’d “spend the day walking the streets, camera in hand, which fed his interest in the fast-disappearing downtown area, Bunker Hill in particular.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025

After the battle was fought atop Bunker Hill, I saw a Negro man upon the road from Charlestown.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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