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Boston, MA Chase Salyers

===The battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, British regulars faced an assemblage of independently minded colonial militia. By evening that day, the British held the Charlestown peninsula and a new respect for the determination and resourcefulness of colonial forces. The colonists, if shaken from what was for many the first taste of war (and what it reveals of men’s character), had proven to themselves that in direct confrontation they could thwart the British army, a force superior in training, equipment, and organization. ===