This is the view from High Street in Charlestown, MA looking northeasterly up Bunker Hill (or as it was known then...Breed's Hill) When I go to places like this, I consider myself to be walking on hallowed ground. I know we are living in the day when it is fashionable to give lip service to love of God, country and flag but visits to sites such as this give me a reality check. Imperfect men with a burning in their hearts for freedom from tyranny gave themselves for a dream of liberty. I am forever grateful to our forefathers...the true Patriots....
Colonel William Prescott, commander of the colonial forces at Bunker Hill
"Don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes"
Before it was "Bunker Hill"....
You can get on Wiki and read all about the battle of Bunker Hill and the redoubt that Colonel Prescott ordered built.
Tami standing at the north corner of Withrop Square with the Bunker Hill obelisk in the background. We had taken a boat tour around Boston harbor and they docked at Charlestown to allow passengers to tour the USS Constitution for an hour. We opted to make the 1/2 mile hike to the Bunker Hill monument. We thought we had missed it because it wasn't on our Freedom Trail tour but this worked out real good for us!
Below is one picture of the USS Constitution. It was like going through airport security to go on the tour so we decided not to go
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