About Bunker Hill Monument
The Bunker Hill Monument, erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, is the first public obelisk erected in the United States. The 221 foot (67 m) granite obelisk was erected between 1827 and 1843 in Charlestown, Massachusetts with granite from Quincy, Massachusetts and conveyed to the site by the first commercial railway in the United States, built specially for that purpose. There are 294 steps to the top.
The Bunker Hill Monument is not on Bunker Hill but instead on Breed's Hill, where most of the fighting in the misnamed Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place. The Monument Association, which had purchased the battlefield site, was forced to sell off all but the hill's summit in order to complete the monument.
The monument was erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major conflict between British and Patriot forces in the Revolutionary War, fought there June 17, 1775. The first monument at the site was created in memory of mason and fallen Bunker Hill hero Joseph Warren in 1794 by King Solomon's Lodge of Masons and was initially an 18 foot (5 m) wooden pillar topped with a gilt urn. In front of the obelisk is a statue of Col. William Prescott, another hero of Bunker Hill. A native of Groton, he coined the famous Revolutionary War phrase, "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes!"
An exhibit lodge built adjacent to the monument in the late 19th century houses a statue of Warren and a diorama of the battle.
Bunker Hill is one of the sites along the Freedom Trail and is part of Boston National Historical Park.
The monument site reopened on April 2nd, 2007 after completing a 3.7 million dollar renovation that included repairs, handicap accessibility improvements, and new lighting for the Bunker Hill Monument, which was switched on for the first time April 20th, 2007. A new Bunker Hill Museum, across the street from the Monument, will be dedicated on June 17th, 2007 and will include many new exhibits.
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