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Bunker Hill, battle of
(Encyclopedia)Bunker Hill, battle of, in the American Revolution, June 17, 1775. Detachments of colonial militia under Artemas Ward, Nathanael Greene, John Stark, and Israel Putnam laid siege to Boston shortly afte...Malvern Hill
(Encyclopedia)Malvern Hill: see Seven Days battles. ...Todt Hill
(Encyclopedia)Todt Hill, N.Y.: see Staten Island. ...Forest Hill
(Encyclopedia)Forest Hill, part of metropolitan Toronto, S. Ont., Canada. ...Broken Hill
(Encyclopedia)Broken Hill, city, New South Wales, SE Australia, near the South Australia border. Since 1883 it has been a principal center of zinc and silver mining i...Green, Paul
(Encyclopedia)Green, Paul, 1894–1981, American dramatist, b. Lillington, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1921. He is known for his realistic plays depicting the lives of blacks and white tenant farmers. His ...Fishers Hill
(Encyclopedia)Fishers Hill, bluff, near Strasburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; site of Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's defeat of Gen. Jubal Early on Sept. 22, 1864, during the Civil War. ...Mars' Hill
(Encyclopedia)Mars' Hill, name given in the Bible for the Areopagus at Athens. ...green turtle
(Encyclopedia)green turtle: see sea turtle.Bethnal Green
(Encyclopedia)Bethnal Green: see Tower Hamlets. ...Browse by Subject
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