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Bunker Hill Commemoration Week 2025
Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Photo by Arlan Fonseca, Courtesy of the National Parks of Boston
The National Parks of Boston is proud to be a part of a community partnership working together to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Explore this webpage to learn more about the commemorative events, the Bunker Hill 250 partnership, and the history and legacy of the battle.
Commemorative Events
Join the National Parks of Boston and our community partners for various commemorative events beginning in early June and continuing through the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
British Consulate-General Boston
Two Nations, One Battle: Bunker Hill in British and American Memory
Thursday, June 5, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Bunker Hill Community College
Historians from the United States and United Kingdom will engage in a facilitated discussion reflecting on the Battle of Bunker Hill. Together, Authors Nathaniel Philbrick and Emma Hart will consider the lasting impacts of the battle on the Revolutionary War, its memory, and legacy from two nations’ perspectives. Dr. Brooke Barbier will moderate the discussion. This event is hosted by the National Parks of Boston with Bunker Hill Community College, Bunker Hill Monument Association, and Friends of the Charlestown Public Library.
Photo by Arlan Fonseca, Courtesy of the National Parks of Boston.
Naturalization Ceremony
Thursday, June 12
Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will hold a naturalization ceremony at the Bunker Hill Monument. Two hundred-fifty new citizen candidates will be sworn in and receive a Passport to their National Parks. New citizens will be invited to plant the first flags of the Flag Garden. The Monument will be closed for the morning and reopen for climbing following the ceremony.
Memorial Flag Garden
Friday, June 13
Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
More than 1,500 flags (American and British) will be placed in the Flag Garden.
NPS Photo/C. Gould
Flag Day Ceremony
Saturday, June 14
Memorial Flag Garden, Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
The National Parks of Boston, British Consulate, American Legion J.W. Conway Bunker Hill Post 26, and Home Base will host a Flag Day Ceremony at the memorial flag garden on the grounds of the Bunker Hill Monument. The public is invited to join the reading of names of lives lost on or as a result of the battle on June 17, 1775.
NPS Photo
Bunker Hill Parade
Sunday, June 15
The Bunker Hill Parade Committee will host the annual Bunker Hill Parade. The parade commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill, the armed services, and the essence of American heritage while celebrating the historic neighborhood of Charlestown.
Bunker Hill Monument Association Archives
Cornerstone Laying
Bunker Hill Monument Association in partnership with Grand Lodge of Masons of MA, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and Lafayette Society of MA
Monday, June 16
Cornerstone Laying
Procession to the Monument begins at the Charlestown Navy Yard Gate 1 - 9:30 a.m.
The Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts, the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, American Friends of Lafayette, and the Massachusetts Lafayette Society in full regalia will proceed up Chestnut Street to the Bunker Hill Monument Grounds.
Echoes of Revolution: 200th Anniversary of the Bunker Hill Monument's Cornerstone Laying
Bunker Hill Monument - 10:00 a.m.
Michael Douglas "Daniel Webster" reenactor will read an edited version of Webster’s speech. "Lafayette" will give his historical remarks, followed by other guest speakers. Accompanying music from the original 1825 event will be performed.
Toasts and Odes
Old South Meeting House - 6:00 p.m.
Prominent dignitaries to speak toasts given at the 1825 celebration. Vocal quartet plus six strings and five brass and wind players.
Bunker Hill Ecumenical Service & Procession
Tuesday, June 17, 1:00 p.m.
Saint Francis de Sales Parish
An Ecumenical Service will be held prior to the 250th commemorative ceremony. The service will be followed by a procession to the Bunker Hill Burial Ground for a wreath-laying. After the wreath-laying, there will be a procession to Bunker Hill Monument.
Photo by Arlan Fonseca, Courtesy of the National Parks of Boston.
Battle of Bunker Hill 250: Remembrance on the High Ground
Tuesday, June 17, 3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Bunker Hill Monument and Grounds
The National Parks of Boston, American Legion J.W. Conway Bunker Hill Post 26, and Bunker Hill Monument Association will host this ceremony commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. This event will be held on the grounds of the Monument and will feature local, national, and international figures. More event details to come.
Planning Ahead
Parking
Paid parking is available for all events at the Nautica Parking Garage located at 88 Constitution Road. It is a 10-15 minute walk to the Bunker Hill Monument.
The Partnership
Bunker Hill 250
Learn about the Bunker Hill 250 partnership and all events commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Ranger Programming
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Bunker HillMuskets, Men, and LibertyListen to a ranger dressed in period clothing discuss why three men from different backgrounds stepped onto the battlefield.
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Bunker HillDecisive Day TalksJoin park staff to learn about the Battle of Bunker Hill.
History: The Battle and Its Legacy
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Battle of Bunker HillLearn about this "Decisive Day" through this video series and article.
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Building the Bunker Hill MonumentDiscover the great lengths Bostonians went in order to construct the iconic monument memorializing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Bunker Hill MemoryHow have people remembered the Battle of Bunker Hill and the monument that commemorates it at different moments in history?
Press Kit
Park Information
The National Parks of Boston is a collection of three National Park Service sites – Boston National Historical Park, Boston African American National Historic Site, and Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. Established by individual legislation and for designated purposes, the three units have come together under a unified organizational umbrella to collaborate in ways that celebrate our cultural heritage, reconnect people to history and nature, and provide outdoor recreation opportunities on land and on the water. For more information, visit: www.nps.gov/bost, www.nps.gov/boaf, and www.bostonharborislands.org.
Over the span of three decades, Superintendent Creasey has blended his background in planning, public lands management and academia to serve in a variety of leadership positions with the National Park Service.
Creasey currently serves as the general superintendent of the National Parks of Boston which include Boston Harbor Islands, Boston National Historical Park, and Boston African American National Historic Site.
In 2010, he took a sabbatical and attended Harvard University Graduate School of Design as a Loeb Fellow where he concentrated on leadership, urban planning and public policy.
Prior to coming to Boston, Superintendent Creasey was the Director of the NPS Stewardship Institute and Superintendent of the Marsh, Billings Rockefeller National Park in Woodstock, Vermont. The Park and Institute convened park practitioners that explored innovative approaches for land conservation, environmental leadership and civic engagement. Creasey and his team were the architects of the NPS Urban Agenda that defined a strategy for designing 21st century parks and reaching more diverse constituencies and making parks relevant to all Americans.
He has also served as the Superintendent of Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts; the Commissioner for the National Parks of New York Harbor, overseeing ten national parks within the metro region of New York City and New Jersey; the Executive Director of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Rhode Island and Massachusetts - a bi-state partnership aimed at environmental restoration, historic preservation and recreation development; as Project Manager on the Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project, a complex and collaborative planning effort along the lower 200 miles of the Rio Grande River in Mexico and Texas and; as a Park Planner for the NPS where he developed plans for new national parks and heritage areas in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and New Jersey. His early rangering years included stints as a river ranger, mounted patrol, backcountry ranger, and educator.