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Dorchester is remembered in American history for an action in the American Revolutionary War known as the Fortification of Dorchester Heights.After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revolutionary sentiment within New England reached a new high, and thousands of militiamen from the Northern colonies converged on Boston, pushing the British back within what were then relatively narrow city ...
Howe and his staff then determined to contest the occupation of the heights, and made plans for an assault, preparing to send 2,400 men under cover of darkness to attack the position. [27] Washington, notified of British movements, increased the forces on the heights until there were nearly 6,000 men on the Dorchester lines. [28]
The 11-month siege of Boston ended when the Continental Army under the command of George Washington fortified Dorchester Heights in early March 1776 with cannons captured at Ticonderoga. British General William Howe's garrison and navy were threatened by these positions, and they were forced to decide between attack and retreat.
The Dorchester Heights Monument is a large public monument in the Dorchester Heights area of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.The monument, consisting of a 115-foot (35 m) marble tower, honors the evacuation of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, an early American victory in the conflict.
Dorchester Heights was fortified by General George Washington in March 1776, compelling the British to withdraw from Boston and ending the Siege of Boston. A monument was erected on the site in 1902. Located in South Boston, Dorchester Heights is the only site in the park that is not on the Freedom Trail.
Dorchester neck can be seen on this early map of Boston in the lower right. South Boston in 1888 ("Süd Boston" on this German map.) Geographically, Dorchester Neck was an isthmus, a narrow strip of land that connected the mainland of the colonial settlement of Dorchester with Dorchester Heights. Landfill has since greatly increased the amount ...
Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər /) is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km 2) in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester, Dorset, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Skyline of Boston's Back Bay Skyline of Boston's Financial District. Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 585 completed high-rises, [1] 37 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m).