Wednesday, June 19 (7pm) – Saturday, June 22 (5:00pm)
Led by: Dr. Phillip Hamilton
HQ: Latham, NY
Tour Registration: $575.00
One of the most iconic operations of the Revolutionary War was the transport of artillery and military munitions from Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point to Boston by Col. Henry Knox. In the dead of winter, the “Noble Train of Artillery” was floated south on Lake George. After a heavy snowfall, the guns were pulled by sled from Lake George to Albany after crossing the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, and then hauled over the Berkshires to Boston. Here the guns were placed on Dorchester Heights by George Washington’s army in March 1776, much to the surprise of the British currently under siege in Boston. A young, former Boston bookseller, Knox, who had a penchant for artillery, was given the chance to command the expedition which he completed successfully. It is a story worth telling as we approach the 250th anniversary of this event next year. We’ll avoid the snow drifts, ice and sleet experienced by Knox’s men by traversing the route in June, rather than the blistery cold days of December through February in 1775-76. But it will be a memorable trek, nonetheless.
Our three-day bus tour will cover Knox’s route from Fort Ticonderoga to Springfield, Massachusetts this year. A Part II tour will complete Knox’s journey from Springfield to Boston in 2025. This year we will be following the Knox Trail Markers that were installed in New York and Massachusetts during the Sesquicentennial of the American Revolution in 1926. We plan to make stops at Fort Ticonderoga, Fort George, the Schuyler Mansion, several of Knox’s crossing sites, other important sites along the trail, plus we’ll visit the Springfield Arsenal which was an important supply depot for the Continental Army after Knox’s train completed its journey. This tour will also give us a chance to narrate “overlapping” history because some of the sites we’ll stop at are also associated with other military events like the French & Indian War and other stories relative to the Revolutionary War.
We’ll gather at the headquarters hotel for a “meet and greet” on Wednesday evening, June 19 to distribute map packages and name badges.
What’s Included: Motor coach transportation, three lunches, beverage and snack breaks, a map and materials package, all admissions and gratuities, free breakfast buffet at the headquarters hotel, the services of an experienced tour guide and Lynne’s world-famous brownies. Tour participants are responsible for transportation to the headquarters hotel, and securing a room reservation, if necessary. Dinner is on your own. Tour goes out rain or shine. Please see our policy page on the America’s History website for information about cancellations.
Hotel: We have arranged with the headquarters hotel for a group rate of $115 per night plus tax (single or double occupancy.) Please call the Holiday Inn Express, 400 Old Loudon Rd., Latham, NY at 518-389-2291 and ask for the HT1 group rate. This rate is guaranteed until June 5. It is not mandatory that tour attendees stay at the headquarters hotel.
Our Tour Guide/Historian: Dr. Phillip Hamilton is a professor of history at Christopher Newport University in Virginia and the author of the acclaimed book, The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox (2017). He is currently working on a new biography of Henry Knox.
Register Online: $575.00
Register by phone, e-mail or postal mail:
- Phone: 1-703-785-4373
- Email us at: info@AmericasHistoryLLC.com
- Postal mail: America’s History LLC, P. O. Box 1076, Goochland, VA 23063
Visa, Master Card and Discover accepted. We take checks too!
couples of questions:
1. are the 2 nights in hotels on the road included in the registration cost?
2. am I correct in assuming that I am on my own getting back to Ticonderoga after the tour ends in Springfield?