“May our land be a land of liberty”

The battle of Bunker Hill, the battle that turned a rebellion into a revolution, took place on this day 250 years ago. What compelled the Americans to make a stand? Martial law, unjust taxes, tariffs, political overreach, and infringement of civil liberties.

By the end of the bloodiest day of fighting in the Revolutionary War, almost half of the British forces were dead or wounded. The events of June 17, 1775 shocked the British into realizing that the impassioned New England troops (eventually joined by soldiers from across the colonies), were not going to abandon their convictions nor be easily subdued.

The Americans, however, did lose a man “worth 500 men” in the last few moments of the engagement. Joseph Warren, the leader of New England’s resistance, refused to let his countrymen face battle without him and died for his love of liberty on this hill.

250 years later, the values that sent the Americans to the battle of Bunker Hill are threatened once again. In each generation, we must recommit to our founding principles of freedom and justice for all. As Daniel Webster said at the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument, “the blood of our fathers, let it not have been shed in vain.”

Your Humble Servant,

Silence Dogood

June 17, 2025