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The Bunker Hill Monument is two hundred and 

 twenty-one feet high. The hill on which the monu- 

 ment stands is called Breed's Hill ; the hill a little 

 beyond is Bunker Hill. Orders were given to fortify 

 Bunker Hill, but Breed's Hill was fortified, and the 

 battle fought thereon the 17th of June, 1775. The 

 redoubts and entrenchments which sheltered the men 

 of that sanguinary conflict are now levelled with the 

 dust. On that bloody day four hundred and forty- 

 nine Americans, and one thousand and fifty-five 

 British soldiers, were slain. The town was burnt by 

 the British on the same day. 



The monument is composed of granite, and has 

 been erected to point out the spot where was fought 

 the most memorable battle during the whole struggle 

 for independence. The comer stone of this obelisk 

 was laid on the 17th of June, 1825, by the illustrious 

 Frenchman La Fayette ; for want of funds, however, 

 the building was not completed till 1842. On the 

 17th of June, 1843, a celebration in honor of its com- 

 pletion was held, upon which occasion the President 

 of the United States (John Tyler) and all his 

 Cabinet were present. The Hon. Daniel Webster 

 delivered an address to the great assemblage. The 

 following is the inscription upon the two guns in the 



