Show BUNKER HILL DAY editor Trl tribune bunc one hundred and twenty two years ago today the battle of bunker wo itus fouch four fht t boldes bl la the nl it lexington a abid j d Con coid fill thin it liua bren avert con considered s popularly us its the initial C f tb ahn revola revolution t ion thim Is 14 a nil otake get gen john sull sullivan ivan arid and col chit john langdon afterward erward gov or ainor 1101 of f now began this w war icv by a tile the of roll foi t william anti and mi maiv ary at al the mouth of 0 rolls harl barhm I 1 14 1771 of OC course throughout new england bunker hill day wilt III be properly observed and tire the incidents of this moin mim notable halite battle as they will continue to lo he be as aa long as continues to bf be the ot of the american Amp rican people it Is IB not my intel inurn ion at this little to rehe asbe the stories of this battle but to mention a few ln ift I 1 jews no which aich probably not lo miny kny POO el alc plc e lit in 1 llah at fj have heard before there ore are miny inhabitants or of utah chome hone anCe EtOl 3 were in ibis fill battle us ua soldier a from the lh province of NOW new hampshire especially from hillsborough and pock hock counties we all know that thai col co john itala and CW crl james hold held were lit in command ot of new hampshire troops in this battle numbering about NO men out of the liui kim colonists ft ila ho ought fought against the british army composed ot at more than three thi times this number that the battle was fought under let the goner al filp of prescott Pr escoll and I 1 1 I folley tile th vo whole hole being nominally under the command of gen ward euid i alln tin his tera at cambridge tile the bime arid and lV vairon Vair airest cn mild mho nr ar ined it at the beginning ot of the iha light ile do lined flowed a command ail and vent into L th he redoubt and fought fo iu gun in 1 hand I a lid I 1 like I 1 tire rest ot of the until lie h N as wiled killed lie he died at bunker banker hill but lit hl name it valt ill live an long ions as ais brave men tire are ot of und and heroic deeds tinned now to for eoin of the incidents or of that battle balile I 1 on the morning or of the memorable memorably memora bli lath of jurie june the nets nan hampshire troop took tank their position on an the loft of the line of battle at al the rail fince fence fi nce betteen bettt pen the I 1 redoubt anil the myrtle I 1 liver iver they immediately threw up a ort oc cot breall breagy ahoi k of stories s acro i tile hi baach to the arid along the rail fence doin dan the hill to ahli stone wall or breastwork behind sharpshooters could take the th most moat deadly stint aim at the advancing rp foe claric was in the th immediate covil command mand of these theao behind this stone alone nall all still and rail fence on oil ohp th loft of tile the held field ther stood food capt john moore anti ami hl company of 01 sharpshooters and indian hunters and hla his son aon capt daniel jonm ItI onre who ho acre old col john griffes dead shot from londonderry don derry anti and bedoit world and mid tt lio weri opposed by the fusi leors a veteran keg invent and the flower blower or of the british BrItis li also aimy Y they deployed in front of this rail fence behind which illch lay caits jack and uan dart moore ith their k ken en eyed picking their flints and picking out their snell men in ili the ranks of tile advancing foe no no ho march marched tol fill the coolness arid of a dress diess parade at abl ahli juncture stark jumped over the rail fence seized a stick and malac u don the hie declivity live five nr cir al pit lods loda and thon then thrust the silk into the ground and returning to his hia line jino said dh there dont a man fire until tire the redcoats come cattle it no to that stick and I 1 holler fire r lre it if lie ho cops do I 1 11 1 knock him down aire low jack still aim at their waist bands rail rang the clear full voice of the th ga 11 ant mai mcclady on carne came the swirled ranks of the hitherto invincible tul tevis a fire shouted still k and a cracking pent rose upon the air that thal alone I 1 rises train well chai ped brusk musketry mus kitry try anti i v lien hen lite smoke cleared aay tire the ground was nona strewn fill the dead and dying anti and the line was retreating tn in disorder no troops could stand kukli deadly lire the blit bilt ish ih onions become became aare of tills fact arid and after rallying their fences for ar othor other attack sot got orders to turn the llie loft of those torribio dond dead shots but in this attempt the namy encina mere men driven back i no tin it a slaughter nl re terrible than be fort foie anti and could ned irl be rallied again in ili tile excitement neleh immediately foli fooled old capt jack moores iota ilous sharpshooters ps hooters raised the indian i nar whoop for victory and jumped over i the fence in gallant pursuit of tile the conquered anil and retreating foe in flits famous charge the gallant mcclary was nas killed and the th brave old ohl capt john moure moore wa nor promoted to mil 1111 place on oil the allot spot for hit hig bravery it Is sald said by it a n noted ed arl or r of military history of those home limes driven that gen allow related flits incident of at starks Siar kii daredevil with ill great washington had occasion at trenton and PrIne princeton eton to lo put stark anti and his Amo keaR coughs hit AN aa they bec ere called tu to the th list again when notion he washington alli ilia hla scantily trompa waa confronted by fill stir anti and well ell army aimy of 1 ahe I lie litter latter could stand straight fighting but indian hunters huntera said nem nemr no erl r capt jack moore looie had bad been a in tire tin expedition the 1110 we of carlo cape bitton tn tit 1745 and lie he arid bl his bli i ROII anti daniel 1 were Polon Polo fla under gen stark when arbon burgoyne out rendered ta in gen gates at Sni atoKa october 17 1777 one oie of the of cut col moore dent james Q shirley mho ho ma as a of if own gen grant waa norio a granvi tte of vest point tittered the th willy any all n lieutenant and filed died at al lokan city cache county utah and was ivan burled chete not years ago stark always seemed ready for bonto didgo to lo aid him tn in battle at the it battlo at to of lie it modeled his hip soldiers who ito like thi the troops of C col at bourne baume were nere ull all dies in citizens clothes to put of vorn torn in n their hal bands to distinguish thein frum fron the lite enemy and f very chap w hit hi did not have hare a shock in his hatland got left when lie hi waa alas this frame writer gen sort nott lyfead fead of now new a that the expression gen ermily bold to huv have been mada by stark a ut t bennington its f we must phlp alip aed calato boya or molly Starl cm a widow 1 Is incorrect what lie he did pay was waa thetos Tb etes tho the en pilly toy we me munt noff a sr thym them or molly mally 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