Breed's Hill is a glacial drumlin located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is best known as the location where in 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, most of the fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill took place. Bunker Hill is about 700 yards (640 m) from Breed's Hill. Much of the hill is now occupied by residential construction, but the summit area is the location of the Bunker Hill Monument and other memorials commemorating the battle.
Breed's Hill in "In the Shadow of the Great Days"[]
Breed's Island was separated from the city of Boston by Charles Sound. On its summit was a monument to the ancient Battle of Bunker Hill. Why the monument was placed on Breed's Island and not the nearby Bunker Island was lost in the mists of history.
The island boasted a pier for ocean going ships and was the home port for the USS Constitution.[1]
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- ↑ The Reinvented Detective, pgs. 259-260, tpb.
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