Bunker Hill Monument

Bunker Hill Monument, 2009

The Bunker Hill Monument is a 211 ft ( 64.3 m) high granite obelisk with 294 steps, which was built in 1827-1843 in Charles Town in honor of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He is part of the Boston National Historical Park, a memorial of the type of a National Historical Park and is managed by the National Park Service.

1794 was built a 18 ft (5.5 m) tall wooden column with a gilded urn in honor of the fallen during the battle Freemason Dr. Joseph Warren by the Masonic King Solomon. 1823 joined a group of prominent citizens to " Bunker Hill Society " together to build a more stable and more striking monument commemorating the battle and the famous philanthropist of the 19th century Amos Lawrence donated U.S. $ 10,000 for its construction. The Company appointed an artistic Council, the Daniel Webster, Gilbert Stuart and Loammi Baldwin, a famous engineer, belonged, which are considered the design team of the monument. The construction work under the direction of architect Solomon Willard began in 1827, but were repeatedly stopped for lack of funds. The still existing monument was completed in 1842 and opened on June 17, 1843 with a big state ceremony. The exhibition building was built in the late 19th century to house a statue of Joseph Warren.

Interestingly, the Bunker Hill Monument is not on the eponymous Bunker Hill, but on nearby Breed's Hill, where most of the fighting took place.

The very first railway in the U.S., Granite Railway, was built solely for the purpose of heranzuschaffen granite for the construction of the obelisk and thus to speed up the construction.