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.
| Prospect Hill | |
|---|---|
  Prospect Hill Location of Prospect Hill in Massachusetts  Prospect Hill Prospect Hill (the United States) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
| Coordinates | 41°21′57″N 70°44′50″W / 41.3659457°N 70.7472505°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts |
| Topo map | USGS Sqibnocket |
History
editProspect 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Prospect Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ Ansoff, Peter (2006). "The Flag on Prospect Hill". Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 13: 77–100. doi:10.5840/raven2006134. ISSN 1071-0043.
- ^ 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.