The Navy Approaches
Join Royal Navy sailors and the crews of the tall ships Story, Ardelle, Isabelle, and Lynx, as they discuss the role of the navy in…
Join Royal Navy sailors and the crews of the tall ships Story, Ardelle, Isabelle, and Lynx, as they discuss the role of the navy in…
Join the soldiers as they construct the fortifications with hand tools from the period. Learn about the backgrounds and motivations of these Americans. In the…
Watch as British sailors and soldiers from Boston land in the harbor in 18th century boats on the Charlestown Penisula (Half-Moon Beach) forming for their…
Interpreters will explain civilian and military life in Massachusetts in the 1770s. Through a diversity of perspectives across race, gender, class, and politics, you will…
Witness the burial of the Battle's first major casualty and the arrival of the Provincial Forces' key combatants. Asa Pollard was the first American casualty…
Meet one of Boston's most prominent figures and the face of revolution.
Meet the British general in charge of the assault on Charlestown--and hear what went into the plan that went so awry.
Don N. Hagist, managing editor of Journal of the American Revolution, is an independent researcher specializing in the demographics and material culture of the British Army…
View Stark's men set defenses that will change the tides of the battle. As the day wore on, the ebbing tide gave the British an…
Watch as Britain’s elite soldiers assault American flank positions (Cressy Beach). While the British Marines make a frontal assault on the redoubt as a feint,…
Watch as American militia soldiers defend their fortifications against the attacking British soldiers. With the flanking attack on the beach broken, General Howe rallies the…
Thank you all for joining us! Camps will be closed to visitors at 3pm and shuttle service will end for the day at 4pm.