This Park stands on the site of a Revolutionary war fort which played an instrumental part in forcing the March 17, 1775 evacuation of the British forces occupying Boston. The Fort was destroyed in 1869 for the construction of the water standpipe . . . — — Map (db m292628) HM
The Defensive Works on Breed's Hill were laid out by and constructed under Colonel Richard Gridley, Chief Engineer New England Provincial Army, who in July 1775 was appointed by General Washington as First Chief Engineer of the Continental . . . — — Map (db m282085) HM WM
The British occupation of Boston ended in March of 1776 after Continental Army soldiers and cannons traveled along Dorchester Road, shown below, and occupied Dorchester Heights, shown just to the right. The artist who drew this scene, . . . — — Map (db m290513) HM
As the final act of an eleven month siege, the Continental Army occupied these heights and forced the evacuation of British troops from Boston on March 17, 1776 – General George Washington’s first victory in the American Revolution. — — Map (db m295494) HM
These heights, commanding the harbor and town of Boston on the south, were seized and fortified by troops of the Continental Army and local militia under General John Thomas on the night of March 4, 1776. By this arduous night’s labor, and further . . . — — Map (db m295606) HM
Through this place passed the noble train of artillery delivered from Fort Ticonderoga to General George Washington by Major General Henry Knox and placed at Dorchester Heights by General John Thomas forcing Boston's freedom and the evacuation of . . . — — Map (db m26921) HM
This tablet is placed by the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts March 16, 1900 to mark the site of Nook Hill. During the Siege of Boston by the American Forces under General Washington an attempt was made on . . . — — Map (db m295543) HM
