Charlestown: Bunker Hill Monument Self-Guide Walking Tour – Boston, Massachusetts

EXPERIENCE

Start by downloading the Action Tour Guide app, which will function as your personal tour guide, audio tour, and map all in one.

Once you ve downloaded the tour, your journey will begin at the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. There, you ll learn about the construction of the monument and the organization behind it before beginning your tour of the park.

Next, stop at the statue of Colonel William Prescott and hear why this man was so integral to the American resistance during the battle. After that, you ll circle the park, getting different views of the monument and the city of Boston as you listen to a dramatic recounting of the battle itself.

Hear about the arrival of the colonists and their risky overnight fortification-building. Be a fly on the wall when the British commanders realized what was taking place and formulated their plan of attack. And listen to a blow-by-blow account of the British assaults on the colonial lines which turned this into one of the bloodiest days of the Revolutionary War.

HIGHLIGHTS

Hear detailed accounts of the battle and the leadup to it
Get to know Colonel William Prescott, who led the Americans during the battle
Find out what made this battle simultaneously a defeat and a victory
Admire the towering Bunker Hill Monument from all sides
Learn the tumultuous history behind the monument itself

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