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Prospect Hill (Massachusetts)

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Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill is located in Massachusetts
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill
Location of Prospect Hill in Massachusetts
Prospect Hill is located in the United States
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation282 ft (86 m)
Coordinates41°21′57″N 70°44′50″W / 41.3659457°N 70.7472505°W / 41.3659457; -70.7472505[1]
Geography
LocationMartha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Topo mapUSGS Sqibnocket

Prospect Hill is a mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is on Martha's Vineyard 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the town of Chilmark. Peaked Hill is located southeast of Prospect Hill.

History

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Prospect Hill was the location of George Washington's command post during the Siege of Boston in the American Revolution. It also served as a training facility in the American Civil War. On New Year's Day in 1776, Washington conducted a flag-raising ceremony to raise the morale of the men of the Continental Army. The standard account features the Grand Union Flag flying, although in 2006, Peter Ansoff advanced a theory that it was actually a British Union Flag instead.[2] Others, such as Byron DeLear, have argued in favour of the traditional version of events.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Prospect Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Ansoff, Peter (2006). "The Flag on Prospect Hill". Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 13: 77–100. doi:10.5840/raven2006134. ISSN 1071-0043.
  3. ^ DeLear, Byron (2014). "Revisiting the Flag at Prospect Hill: Grand Union or Just British?" (PDF). Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 21: 19–70. doi:10.5840/raven2014213.