Henry Knox’s epic “noble artillery train” — ordered by Continental Army Commander in Chief George Washington to break a British stranglehold on Boston – carried over over 60 tons of artillery equipment through approximately 300 miles over an eight-week period.
It began in early December 1775 from Ticonderoga south the length of Lake George to the area that now encompasses Lake George Battlefield Park. Knox remained there for much of the remainder of December as he frantically made arrangements to secure sufficient oxen, horses, sleds and other means of moving the materiel over an unforgiving landscape. [Read more…] about Henry Knox’s Artillery March Commemoration Events Planned
