On June 17, 1775, just outside Boston, farmers and tradesmen faced off against one of the world’s strongest armies in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Despite the name, most of the fighting took place on Breed’s Hill, where the outnumbered colonial militia held their ground against repeated British assaults. Running low on ammunition, Colonel William Prescott famously ordered, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes,” a command that turned desperation into discipline. Though the British eve