Bunker Hill

Local Spice is not afraid to admit being one of those people who gets Bunker Hill Day off; takes the opportunity to visit Bunker Hill:

... I've admittedly been to the monument before, but this was my 1st time scaling the monument's 294 steps, and then competing with the tourists at the top to get a look out the windows and take my snappy pictures. ...

There was a fundraiser at the Warren Tavern last night to help build a memorial to Irish children who died in Charlestown after fleeing the Famine in Ireland:

Between the years 1845-1850 at the height of An Gorta Mor, The Great Irish Famine, hundreds of Irish children were buried at the St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, on the north slope of Bunker Hill. Many of these children were born in Ireland but died shortly after their arrival on these shores. None of these children have a headstone or marker to mark their final resting place.

And let's not forget the British soldiers from the Revolution.

You'd probably have the same reaction as Donnie Wahlberg to the women who kept going up and down the Tobin - 36 times in all - to get a brief glimpse of him sitting in a car waiting to film a scene in the gritty "Bunker Hill" pilot:

The two women, Meghan and Michelle, also posted some photos and way more video, of course.

You know, "Don't fire 'till you see the whites of their eyes!" J.L. Bell considers the evidence for which commander yelled the phrase.

J.L. Bell sets us straight here, but also discusses why the distinction between Bunker and Breed's Hill mattered on that fateful day.

Special fun only-in-Boston note: This Monday is officially Bunker Hill Day in Suffolk County, which means all municipal offices will be closed. Also, public schools.