The Battle of Bunker Hill was important for a variety of reasons. The first one being that it was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, and because of the fierce fighting that defined the battle it foreshadowed that it was going to be a long close war. Another important event that came from the battle was that it allowed the American troops to know that the British army was not invincible, and that they could defeat the British in traditional warfare. The losses experienced on the British side also helped to bolster the colonists confidence.

So it came to be that the Battle of Bunker Hill would be the foundation that the colonists would look back to for the may battles that occurred during the American Revolution. The first being that the British suffered heavy losses and would no longer be convinced of a victory when they went to battle the colonists. Rhode Island's Nathaniel Grenne summed up the general feeling of the battle by saying "I wish we could sell them [the British] another hill at the same price (Here's to the Losers. pg. 3)"

Fifty years after the battle a movement began to rise in the young United States to create a memorial to the battle atop Breed's Hill. So, the Bunker Hill Memorial Association was formed and they bought fifteen acres of land atop of Breed's Hill. Then in 1825 the cornerstone to the monument was laid.

Through the course of the next 18 years the monument began to be constructed. It took this long to complete since the funding came from donations. The monument was slowly made from the granite taken from nearby Quincy. Even this close supply of rock did not keep the costs down. In order to finish the project, in 1839 the association had to sell ten acres of the land it had bought for the memorial in order to finance more work. The monument was finally dedicated on June 17, 1843 (68 years after the battle originally took place), and at the time Carol Mccabe says the monument had the national significance that the Washington Monument has today.