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GENERAL HENRY KNOX WAR MEMORIAL RUSSELL

GENERAL HENRY KNOX WAR MEMORIAL RUSSELL
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Location: GENERAL KNOX ROAD AND SOUTH QUARTER ROAD

City: RUSSELL

State: Massachusetts

Zip Code: 1071

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Year Dedicated: 1927

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: LT. COL. SHANNON SHEA, USMC

Submitted By: LT. COL. SHANNON SHEA, USMX

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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