This Week, Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Historic ‘Noble Train of Artillery’ Beginning at Fort Ticonderoga
This week, beginning December 5 and running through December 7, Fort Ticonderoga will celebrate the 250th anniversary of one of the most ambitious and successful military operations of the American Revolution. Henry Knox’s expedition to bring a “Noble Train of Artillery,” featuring nearly 60 tons of vital military equipment on a 300-mile journey from Fort […]
The Education of Henry Knox
There is no Revolutionary hero so connected with books as Henry Knox. A bookseller before the war, he is indelibly associated with the printed word’s relationship to military practice. This is ironic though, as Knox lacked virtually any formal military training or education. The popular image, and one perpetuated in subsequent histories, of the young […]
A Noble Train?
Today, we often refer to Henry Knox’s expedition to bring guns from Ticonderoga to Washington’s army in Boston as the “Noble Train.” Nowadays reading the word “train” conjures up images of a locomotive, or at the very least a strung out line of moving vehicles or things. But this is misleading. Isolating the words “noble […]
Fort Ticonderoga Brings History Home in a One-Time Only Virtual Learning Program, Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the “Noble Train of Artillery”
On December 5th, the date of Henry Knox’s historic 1775 arrival at Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Ticonderoga will present a one-of-a-kind in-person and virtual program, “Ticonderoga’s Treasures: Knox Edition.” This afternoon event will feature archival texts, rare Revolutionary-era books, prints and actual artifacts only found at Fort Ticonderoga, dating back to the 1775 journey that changed […]
Fort Ticonderoga Unlocks Real Time Revolution® War Drama with Epic Winter Programs
Step back 250 years into the heart of the American Revolution this winter! Fort Ticonderoga is rolling out its “Winter Quarters” season (November through April) with a powerhouse lineup of immersive living history events, premium behind-the-scenes tours, and hands-on workshops, all under the banner of its multi-year REAL TIME REVOLUTION® commemoration. The headline event is […]
Fort Ticonderoga’s One-Of-A-Kind “Henry Knox in the Classroom” Coming to Vermont and New York Schools Beginning on November 4
On November 4, Fort Ticonderoga’s one-of-a-kind traveling “Henry Knox in the Classroom” educational program will visit Charlotte Central School in Charlotte, Vermont, kicking off numerous regional school programs over the next six months marking the 250th anniversary of Knox’s “Noble Train of Artillery.” Focusing on Henry Knox’s historic 300-mile journey transporting nearly 60 tons of […]
TWO MONTHS AWAY – The Weekend of December 6, Fort Ticonderoga to Reenact Historic Delivery of Cannon to George Washington at Boston
In December 1775, desperate to defeat the British at Boston, General George Washington turned to a new source of military power: Fort Ticonderoga and its recent springtime capture of British-controlled cannon, mortars and howitzers. Now 250 years later on December 6 and 7, modern-day reenactors will meticulously recreate the first leg of the historic journey […]