Valley Forge - PA | No battles were fought here, all the casualties were had due to poor management of the troops. No appropriate clothing, no shoes, no equipment. Good thing the British never came. |
USS Constitution, 'Old Ironsides' - Boston, MD During the War of 1812, when USS Constitution won three battles against British warships, it became the nation's most famous naval vessel. The 1797 frigate also earned its nickname during the conflict. Legend has it that a crew member, watching cannon balls bounce off Constitution's thick oak hull, cried out that its sides were made of iron. The ship has been known ever since as 'Old Ironsides'. Permanently berthed at Charlestown Navy Yard since 1897, the ship has been overhauled several times in Dry Dock 1. When we got there, she was in this particular Dry Dock being refurbished. What a wondrous sight. |
Bunker Hill - Boston, MD The turning point - Abigail Adams, who could see the battle smoke from her home in Braintree said these timeless words: "The day, perhaps the decisive day has come, on which the fate of America depends". This pivotal event would mean little chance for reconciliation with Great Britain, and the beginning of a war that would last another eight years. In years following the battle, the hill became sacred ground, though for years it had no official recognition. Today, year in year out, individuals interested in our nation's founding made the pilgrimage to the site of the first major battle of the American Revolution. |
"On the morning of June 17, 1775, no one could have imagined the outcome of events later that day in Charlestown, MA. That afternoon, New England provincials, subjects of the king, stood up to the mighty British army for the first time in pitched battle."