Friday, September 28, 2012

USA 1975, Bicentennial 10 c Bunker Hill ~ Lexington and Concord

USA Bicentennial stamp 1975
Bunker Hill 1775 by Trumbull
10 cents
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The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops.
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USA Bicentennial stamp 1975
Lexington and Concord 1775 by Sandham
10 cents
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.

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