From The Atlantic.

The Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775 was the first of many bloody conflicts in the American Revolution. Now 250 years later, The Atlantic’s staff writer Caity Weaver witnessed it unfold during a sweltering, two-day reenactment.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” Weaver says. “But it’s also true that thousands of modern Americans who remember the 18th century probably even better than people who were alive for it have a blast repeating it.”

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