Show ANNIVERSARY TODAY'S On March 1 4 1776 the Americans under George Washington occupied Dorchester Heights now South Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton in one of the most surprising maneuvers In the revolutionary war Throughout the winter whiter of ot 76 1775 want tant of artillery and powder prevented pre prevented re- re vented Wasl Washington n ton from doing anything any any- thing more than simply keeping up th he the siege of Boston However Howe when General Knox succeeded in Jn dragging 50 cannon on from Ticonderoga Ticonderoga Ticonderoga to Cambridge a distance of miles Washington decided to take the aggressive He easily seized seised Dorchester Heights and placed his cannon Into a position position position tion overlooking Boston on the south He then gave General Howe British commander his choice of withdrawing withdraw withdraw- ing his forces from the town or havIng having hayIng hav hay ing it battered by the cannon Howe decided on the former alternative and ordered his men to embark March 17 for lor Halifax The following day Washington en entered entered en- en Boston in triumph The British had left it never to return Congress voted Washington a gold medal to commemorate his bloodless victory I. I |