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Bostonians Watch the Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston, 17 June 1775, wood engraving by Winslow Homer, 1875.
Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Goliad Massacre - Victory from Defeat
The Goliad Massacre (27 March 1836) was the execution of 350-400 Texians, of the garrison of Fort Defiance at Goliad, by the Mexican Army under orders from Mexican President and General Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876). General José...
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Siege of Boston
The Siege of Boston (19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776) was the first major military operation of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). After the first shots were fired at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, American colonial militias...
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Charge of the British soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill (17 June 1775). Painting by Howard Pyle, c. 1897. The original was owned by the Delaware Art Museum but was presumed stolen in 2001.
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British Soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill
British soldiers attack the American position at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. Print by E. Percy Moran, 1909.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, Washington D.C.
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Statue of St. Patrick, Hill of Tara
Statue of St. Patrick, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland. Erected 2000 CE.
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Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill
The death of Dr. Joseph Warren, one of Massachusetts' most influential revolutionary leaders, at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775. Oil on canvas painting by John Trumbull, 1786.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
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Saint Patrick's Statue at Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland
Saint Patrick's statue, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, erected in 2000 to replace an earlier work that had been destroyed.
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Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara
The Neolithic Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, by which the ancient kings were inaugurated.
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Menwith Hill Listening Station
The UK-US military intelligence listening station at RAF Menwith Hill in Yorkshire, England. The satellite ground station is used to intercept communications and warn of missile attacks. The site was built in the mid-1950s and is still in...