John Trumball's The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The last stop on Boston’s Freedom Trail is a shrine to the fog of war.

During this week of waiting, the chief excitement was to walk out a mile and a half beyond the outposts to the hill of El Poso ... each lay waiting for the battle to begin or to end so that ...