The sword on the left belonged to Colonel William Prescott, of the Massachusetts revolutionary army; the sword on the right was that of John Linzee, a captain in the Royal Navy. Both men figured p ...

(The original plan had been to fortify the adjacent Bunker Hill, but Colonel William Prescott changed course at the last minute, as Breed’s Hill was located closer to Boston.) The American ...

But for reasons that are still unclear today, the New Englanders commanded by Colonel William Prescott built their earthen stronghold on the wrong hill. Instead of going with Bunker Hill on the ...

As the legend goes, Colonel William Prescott ordered his militia “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!” as British forces embarked on Bunker Hill nearly 250 years ago.

A few hundred yards from where Col. William Prescott has been buried for 214 years, Pepperell’s Fourth of July parade begins today at 12:30 p.m. in front of Town Hall. Remember. “Do not fire ...

Colonel William Prescott, born in Groton, was an American colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the rebel forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Prescott became known for his famous quote ...

We have nothing additional to report.” The Prescott Statue pays tribute to Colonel William Prescott, a Revolutionary War hero who led 1,000 colonial fighters in the Battle of Bunker Hill on June ...