tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post2084196355019439978..comments2024-03-15T18:01:26.787-05:00Comments on Melvilliana: Daniel Webster on the Bunker Hill Monument as oratorScott Norsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-88202121075619904802017-06-17T13:44:35.566-05:002017-06-17T13:44:35.566-05:00Very nice to see someone remember Bunker Hill Day....Very nice to see someone remember Bunker Hill Day. That shrewd Rhode Island Quaker, General Nathanael Greene, reportedly said that he would be glad to sell the British another hill for the same price.<br /><br />General (then Colonel) James Reed, who with his fellow New Hampshireman John Stark, held the American left under heavy fire throughout that day, currently resides a few blocks from me and has for nigh on 200 years. I pay him a visit every June 17th.Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com