Landmarks in Boston's Charlestown Neighborhood Celebrate the Irish Presence Here
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Milmore's Civil War Monument in Winthrop Square, Charlestown Boston's vibrant neighborhood of Charlestown has a rich Irish history that goes back to the American Revolution and continues today. There are several landmarks in Charlestown that visitors can explore along the Boston Irish Heritage Trail. Here are a few or our favorites. Bunker Hill Monument, photo courtesy of Peter Drier A Boston National Historic Park overseen by the National Park Service, the Bunker Hill Monument is one of the city's and nation's most iconic war memorials, the site where the famous battle between the British and New England colonists took place on June 17, 1775. Historian Michael O'Brien estimates that 176 Irish fought on the colonial side, many of them Scots-Irish from New Hampshire. Bunker Hill Monument at Winthrop Square Just down the street from the Monument are the Bunker Hill Tablets in Winthrop Square, which honors the Americans killed during the famous battle. They incl