The Preparation: The Redoubt
June 21 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Join the soldiers as they construct the fortifications with hand tools from the period. Learn about the backgrounds and motivations of these Americans.
In the evening hours of June 16th, 1,200 American soldiers leave their camp at Cambridge to cross the neck onto the Charlestown peninsula. These hardened men from the country took on the work of fortifying Bunker Hill. As dawn broke, British cannons from ships and Cobb’s Hill (Boston) open fire to try to halt the work.