Breed's Hill is the actual site where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution, located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts. The Americans caught word of a British plan to fortify Charlestown peninsula and decided to get to the peninsula first, fortify it, and present sufficient threat to cause the British to leave Boston. On 16 June 1775, under the leadership of General Putnam and Colonel Prescott, the Americans stole out onto the Charlestown Peninsula with instructions to establish defensive positions on Bunker Hill. Numerous places and things are named for this battle, see: Bunker Hill (disambiguation). ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that... Birdseye view of Boston, Charlestown, and Bunker Hill between 1890 and 1910. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... A peninsula in Croatia A peninsula (from the latin words paene insula, almost island) is a geographical landform consisting of an extension of a body of land from a larger body of land, surrounded by water on three sides. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Maj. ... The Super Sexy and hot Statue of Colonel William Prescott in Charlestown, Massachusetts. ...

Later, a redoubt, a small and usually temporary defensive fortification, was constructed on nearby Breed's Hill due to its superior defendability as opposed to Bunker Hill. The next morning, the British were astonished to see the rebel fortifications upon the hill and set out to reclaim the peninsula. The resulting conflict became the Battle of Bunker Hill. Later, Breed's Hill was renamed Bunker Hill to alleviate some of the confusion. A redoubt is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort. ...