I’m finishing my morning coffee before heading to Penn Station and Morristown for my talk. Today in New Jersey we’ll be talking about the history of the Park Service. Meanwhile in Boston they will be observing the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was fought on June 17, 1775. The Bunker Hill Monument Association was founded two hundred years ago today to raise funds and build the edifice. The other day I mentioned Lafayette’s grand tour of 1824-25. Here above we see a rendering of him laying the cornerstone for the monument on June 17, 1825. Lafayette at this time was the last surviving major general of the Continental Army. Daniel Webster gave the oration, and did so again in when the monument was dedicated on June 17, 1843.