For the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the combating occurred in Gloucester.
The seaside group introduced 1775, and one of many Revolutionary Struggle’s main battlegrounds, again to life via vignettes, battle demonstrations and even lectures. Reenactors got here not solely from the New England states but in addition from up and down the East Coast bedecked in interval garb and element.
The a whole lot of tightly packed tents in Gloucester’s Stage Fort Park had been busy with the reenactors cleansing their outdated, delicate muskets or ingesting from silver and pewter tankards or tending to forged iron pots. However amid the scene setting got here the warfare.
“Colonial forces will race to build fortifications atop the hill as the Royal Navy bombards the American position to soften its defense in preparation for amphibious assault,” reenactment organizers wrote of their plans. “British soldiers will then be ferried to the beachhead before charging the American lines — attacking the hill three times before taking it through bitter combat.”
Saturday’s occasion was a cap to the anniversary celebrations of the June 17, 1775, battle that started June 8 in Boston and featured 70 free public occasions together with a reenactment of Paul Revere’s journey and a 2 hundredth anniversary of the Bunker Hill Monument, whose cornerstone was set 50 years after the battle by the Marquis De Lafayette.
So why Gloucester? The organizers have a solution.
“Much has changed in the 250 years since the Battle of Bunker Hill. Charlestown is no longer a rural village surrounded by pastures, accessible only by ferry or a day’s journey on foot. Today, it is a thriving neighborhood, and its only visible link to 1775 is the four-acre plot atop Breed’s Hill, home to the 221-foot monument commemorating the battle,” organizers write on the occasion’s web site.
Plus, the Nationwide Park Service strictly regulates such issues: “Simply put, we cannot use the site for a reenactment.”
Employees Picture By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald
Colonials throw rocks and bricks because the Brits storm their positions because the Individuals battle the British in a reenactment of the Battle of Bunker Hill at Stage Fort in Gloucester on Saturday. (Employees Picture By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
Employees Picture By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald
A colonial finds a pleasant souvenirs as Individuals battle the British in a reenactment of the Battle of Bunker Hill at Stage Fort in Gloucester on Saturday. (Employees Picture By Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)
