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The 2nd Street Tunnel is a widely filmed and photographed tunnel on 2nd Street under Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles, California.The Los Angeles Times described it as "the most recognizable city landmark most Americans have never heard of". [1]
Initially a residential suburb, Bunker Hill retained its exclusive character through the end of World War I.Around the 1920s and the 1930s, with the advent of the Pacific Electric Railway and the construction of the freeway, and the increased urban growth fed by an extensive streetcar system, its wealthy residents began leaving for enclaves such as Beverly Hills and Pasadena.
Major General Edwin A. Pollock assumed command of the 1st Marine Division on 29 August 1952 and he immediately had to deal with renewed PVA pressure against the Bunker Hill complex, now held by Company E, 2/1 Marines, attached temporarily to the regiment's 3d Battalion. On the night of 4 September, PVA gunners began shelling the outpost and ...
Bunker Hill had an elevation of 110 feet (34 m) and lay at the northern end of the peninsula. Breed's Hill had a height of 62 feet (19 m) and was more southerly and nearer to Boston. [17] The American soldiers were at an advantage due to the height of Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill, but it also essentially trapped them at the top.
Bunker Hill, a film by Kevin Willmott; Bunker Hill (musician), American R&B and gospel singer; Bunker Hill, a 2003 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Bunker Hill Historic District "Bunker Hill" , an episode of Supergirl; The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, painting
Angels Flight is a landmark and historic 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. It has two funicular cars, named Olivet and Sinai, that run in opposite directions on a shared cable. The tracks cover a distance of 298 feet (91 m) over a vertical gain of 96 feet (29 m). [4]
This graveyard was not taken care of and eventually one of his descendants moved him to the Old Center cemetery, [3] which is now part of the Old Deerfield Center Historic District. [4] Simpson is featured on a New Hampshire historical marker ( number 25 ) along the concurrency of Route 107 and Route 43 in Deerfield.
Colonel Prescott's famous order, "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes," is a significant part of the Schoolhouse Rock video and song, "The Shot Heard round the World." In 1856, the Prescott School, named in his honor, was built on the northeasterly portion of the Bunker Hill Burying Ground in Charlestown, Massachusetts.