The Hill

In the early morning hours of June 17, 1775, 1,200 Americans fortified a hill on the Charlestown Peninsula within sight of the 5,000 British troops occupying the city of Boston. These craftsmen, clerks and farmers threw out a challenge to the British to come out and fight them on ground of their choosing. The Hill chronicles the events before, during and after the misnamed Battle of Bunker Hill. It is an accurate portrayal of the missteps and mistakes, the heroism and reluctance of the participants and observers on both sides of what would become the single bloodiest day of the American Revolution.