Bunker Hill Time Machine

Bunker Hill Time Machine: On a school field trip to the Boston Freedom Trail, cartoon characters Seth and Ella are catapulted into the past by a cell phone glitch. From 5,000 BCE to the present day, they explore the site of the famous Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. They experience the lead-up to the American Revolution and the fateful June 17, 1775 skirmish between colonial militia from New England and thousands of British redcoats. Seth and Ella meet the founders of the Bunker Hill Monument Association (BHMA), including orator Daniel Webster. They attend the 1825 opening ceremonies with the Marquis de Lafayette. Deeply researched and beautifully illustrated, Bunker Hill Time Machine tracks the on-and-off construction of the 221-foot obelisk made of Quincy granite. The kids meet activist Sam Adams, plus soldiers named Henry Knox and George Washington. They attend the little-known Ladies Fair when women's magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale saves the day by raising the money to complete the monument. Packed with facts, fashion, and fun, this full-color adventure was commissioned by the modern nonprofit BHMA as the authoritative history for readers of all ages--from elementary schoolers through adults.