General Henry Knox Passed Through Here - Waltham
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NorStar
N 42° 22.564 W 071° 14.967
19T E 314802 N 4693983
One in a series of stones that mark the likely route that General Henry Knox, soldiers, and tired oxen took to drag cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga to Cambridge.
Waymark Code: WM1XD3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2007
Views: 22
Tablet says:
"Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 - 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Ft. Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1977."
The stone is near the intersection where US 20 meets MA 117, near a school.
Agency Responsible for Placement: Other (Place below)
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Year Placed: 1977
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Waltham
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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