Event Dime

The Dramatic Story of an Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776

When:

June 17, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Where:

Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945, Pleasant Street 235, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 01945, United States

Source:

MA250

Illustrated talk about how an artillery commander from Marblehead defied his superior officers at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, by leading his cannon company into the thick of the fray, rather than retreating, and dragging the only American field-piece down off the hill as the American forces retreated. That would prove to be the only American cannon in that battle that was not captured by the enemy. Afterward, however, the Marbleheader, Captain Samuel Russel Trevett, was falsely a