The Battle of Bunker Hill

After the shots heard around the world echoed out of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle of the American Revolution. Hear the echo of musket fire as you experience this historic moment through first-hand accounts. The History Perspectives series uses primary and secondary sources, along with narrative retelling, to highlight the perspectives of three different people of a particular time and place. Readers are prompted to compare perspectives and motivations and to think critically about how we tell the stories of the past.