1775 Gallery

EVRV2A-00039

Colonists fortifying Breed's Hill the night before the Battle of Bunker Hill, at the outset of the American Revolution, 1775.
Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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George Washington on his way to Cambridge, Massachusetts to become commander of the Continental Army, 1775.
Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Two lanterns in the belfry of the Old North Church, the signal to Paul Revere to begin his midnight ride, 1775.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration for Longfellow's poem

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