The Bunker Hill Memorial is a rock monument made in memory of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the 1st real battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred in June 1775 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, when American Revolutionary forces met the British Army during perhaps the earliest skirmish of the war. The fight itself occurred on close by Breed's Hill, however Bunker Hill was the principle objective of the two armies – so that is the place where the Bunker Hill Monument was constructed.