NOBLE TRAIN BEGINS BY THE NUMBERS $1,000 — Money granted to Col. Henry Knox by Gen. George Washington to begin his mission to Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. 60 — Reenactors expected at Fort Ticonderoga ...
Henry Knox was 25 years old when he led the “noble train of artillery” in the winter of 1775, moving 60 tons of cannons and armaments from the present day Adirondacks to Continental Army camps outside ...
This year’s commemoration of Henry Knox’s logistical feat, transporting cannon 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the American Revolution, will look different from the one in which ...
SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. — Approximately 250 years ago, during the winter of 1775, Henry Knox led the transportation of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, some 300 miles away, to force the ...
In 1775, Patriot forces needed cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to end the British siege of Boston. A 25-year-old bookseller named Henry Knox devised and led a plan to transport the artillery. Knox and ...
On Jan. 25, 1776, 250 years ago, Colonel Henry Knox and his men arrived in Boston, bringing with them 120,000 pounds of artillery from the captured British fortification, Fort Ticonderoga. For 70 days ...
Two sets of patriots prepared for battle Sunday. As the New England Patriots were getting ready to fight on the football field, New England patriots readied themself to help fight on the battlefield, ...
TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (WCAX) - Fort Ticonderoga is celebrating the 250th anniversary of one of the American Revolution’s most ambitious military operations with a three-day commemoration. Nearly 250 years ...