GENERAL HENRY KNOX WAR MEMORIAL RUSSELL
IN AN AMAZING FEAT OF LOGISTICS GENERAL HENRY KNOX WAS ABEL TO TRANSPORT CANNONS CAPTURED AT FORT TICONDEROGA AND AT FORT CROWN POINT IN NEW YORK TO GENERAL WASHINGTON IN CAMBRIDGE, MA DURING WINTER, A DISTANCE OF 300 MILES. THE CANNONS WERE POSITIONED AT DORCHESTER HEIGHTS OVERLOOKING BOSTON AND THREATENED THE BRITISH FLEET. AS A RESULT, THE BRITISH EVACUATED THE CITY AND WITHDRAW TO HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. THERE ARE 26 GENERAL HENRY KNOW WAR MEMORIALS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND 30 IN NEW YORK FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 56.
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Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Cemetery Stones
- 1927
- GENERAL KNOX ROAD AND SOUTH QUARTER ROAD
- 01071
- LT. COL. SHANNON SHEA, USMC
- LT. COL. SHANNON SHEA, USMX
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