Battle of Bunker Hill marked one of the most pivotal moments in the early years in the American Revolution, as thousands of militiamen stood against determined assaults by British infantry outside ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

As a light rain fell on Billerica Saturday morning, a small group gathered to commemorate the death of Asa Pollard, a ...

A brief look back at the Battle of Bunker Hill from Ken Burns looks ahead to his upcoming six-part documentary.

Joseph Warren was a key leader of the American Revolution, mobilizing troops and managing a circle of spies. But he's mainly ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. It’s worth noting ...

Pollard joined the Continental Army on May 8, 1775, just a few weeks after the war began with the Battles of Lexington ... the British soon spotted. The infantry fighting of the battle began ...

British infantrymen assembled at the base of Breed’s Hill, one of two promontories that comprised the Charlestown Heights ...

This weekend about 50 other descendants of Bunker Hill veterans will arrive in Charlestown to commemorate the bravery and ...

March 24: Quartering Act — Colonies must provide housing and food for British ... June 17: Battle of Bunker Hill. July 3: George Washington assumes command of the Army outside Boston.