Historical event · June 17, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
June 17, 1775: the first major battle of the Revolution. A technical British victory at staggering cost — "a few more such victories" would end their army.
Why it matters
One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1775, and tied to 5 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.
Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
Living object
Now, then, future
Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.
Now
Thenquiet enough to notice details. Best now: one good detour.
1630: Historic cemetery in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
Current modegolden hour
Historical echoPhipps Street Burying Ground
Connected eventCharlestown 400 (2029)
Pulse
How it feels right now
Current energyquiet enough to notice details
Best nowone good detour
Best timegolden hour
serendipitous
Rain scoremodest
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Laptop friendlinesslow
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
Student presencehigh
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Tourist pressurelow
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Historic densitystrong
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Serendipityhigh
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
Turn this into a walk
Routes with a point of view
What should I see next?
Chosen moves from here
The editor's hand
Human recommendations
Civic memory
What this meant before
17751775Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) enters the civic record here.1843Bunker Hill MonumentA 221-foot granite obelisk marking the June 17, 1775 battle; 294 steps to the top, no elevator, earned views.1659Copp’s Hill Burying GroundThe North End’s 1659 burying ground — colonial Boston’s free Black community of "New Guinea" lies here with the Mather dynasty, and British cannon fired on Bunker Hill from its crest.
- Date
- June 17, 1775
- Graph connections
- 5
In popular culture▣The Town (2010) — Ben Affleck
In the graph 5 relationships — first-class data, not links
Explore Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) in the interactive Graph Explorer — click to expand every connection →Historically related
Located in
Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk
Building / Landmark · 1 min walk
Bunker Hill Monument
Park / Public space · 1 min walk
Monument Square
Building / Landmark · 1 min walk
Breed's Hill
Related reading
An unexpected connection
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) is linked, through the graph, to Revolution 250: Boston’s Season of Sestercentennials — article / guide, 23 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess
NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
More historical eventsOther historical events in the graph
From the Revolutionary eraOf the same period
Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections
One record, 1 framing cross-property publishing — never duplicated
How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it
✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration2 sources
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
NPS Primary / institutional
Mass. Historical Society Primary / institutional
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density51
5 connections
Record coverage66
metadata completeness
Graph authority68
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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