Lifelong Learning Lecture: Revolutionary Routes: Henry Knox, Framingham & the Winter Road to Victory
Guest speaker: Anna Tucker, Executive Director, Framingham History Center
In the winter of 1775–1776, Colonel Henry Knox undertook one of the most ambitious logistical feats of the American Revolution: transporting nearly sixty tons of captured artillery from Fort Ticonderoga in New York to the Continental Army outside Boston. This journey passed directly through Framingham, where Knox paused for reasons that historians continue to debate today.
In the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, we revisit Knox’s route to understand how local landscapes like Framingham shaped this larger campaign. Explore the human and environmental challenges of the journey, the significance of the “Noble Train of Artillery” in the final push to force the British from Boston, and the ways this story has been remembered over generations.
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