The Landing: Half Moon Beach

Watch as British sailors and soldiers from Boston land in the harbor in 18th century boats on the Charlestown Penisula (Half-Moon Beach) forming for their assault on the American positions.

​General Gage forms British soldiers from the Boston garrison to land on the tip of the Charlestown Peninsula and form for a plan to drive the American’s from their fortifications on the Hill.  As the British soldiers land, sharpshooters from Charlestown take pot shots at them.  In response British soldiers set fire to Charlestown to drive off the sharpshooters, additionally using the smoke to mask their movements.​