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MONUMENT
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CONSTITUTION ROAD
C H A R L E S T O W N B R I D G E t y The Bunker Hill Monument viewed

from Charlestown harborfront
Boston
Inner
Harbor Key
Walk route
KEANY
SQUARE
The granite obelisk that
towers above the Charlestown
P R INC E S TR EE T HULL STREET Charlestown U.S.S. Constitution is Monument y, commemo­
waterfront is Bunker Hill
probably the most
The iron bridge over
rating the battle of June 17,
C O M M E R C I A L S T R E E T
famous ship in U.S.
the Charles River
1775 that ended with a
that links the North
End in Boston with history and still costly victory for British forces
remains the flagship
against an irregular colonial
City Square in of the U.S. Navy. army that finally ran out of
SNOWHILL STREET PLAYGROUND Charlestown dates Built at Hartt’s ammunition. British losses
NORTH END
shipyard in the
from 1899. Across
were so heavy, however, that
P R I NCE STRE ET S HE A FE S T R E E T HULL STREET r BURYING the bridge, turn right U.S.S. Constitution North End, she was the battle would presage
t Lion carving,
COPP'S HILL
along Constitution
future success for the colonial
completed in 1797.
GROUND
Road, following the
forces. As a monument to the
In the War of 1812,
signs to Charlestown Navy Yard
first large­scale battle of the
she earned the nickname
SAL E M S TREET e C HARTER STREET FOSTER ST AT L A N T I C A V E N U E t. The National Park Service “Old Ironsides” for the resil­ Revolution, the obelisk, based
operates the Visitor Center at
ience of her live oak hull
on those of ancient Egypt, was
NO RTH B E NN E T T S T RE E T T I L E S T O N S T R E E T explaining the historic role of restored for her bicentennial, the U.S. Catch a bus from
Building 5, which has exhibits
against cannon fire. Fully
a prototype for others across
the Constitution occasionally
the Navy Yard and the history
Chelsea Street back to the
North End and city center.
of the warships – one from the
sails under her own power.
late 18th century, another from
the mid­20th century – that
are berthed at its piers. The
H A N O V E R S T R E E T
colonial navy had been no
match for the might of Britain’s
naval forces during the
Revolution, and building a
more formidable naval force
became a priority. This was one
of several shipyards that were
set up around 1800. Lying at
her berth alongside Pier 1, the
200­year­old wooden­hulled t Defensive guns at Charlestown Navy Yard with view of the North End
For keys to symbols see back flap
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