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General Knox Marker, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  General Knox Marker, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Knox Trail Marker, (sculpture). Dates:  1927. Medium:  Relief: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 2 ft. Inscription:  (On front of granite base:) 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 FORT TICONDEROGA USED/TO FORCE THE BRITISH ARMY/TO EVACUATE BOSTON/PLACED BY/HORACE A. MOSES/1927 unsigned Description:  At the top of a rectangular granite marker is a small bronze relief depicting the soldiers of General Henry Knox guiding a supply wagon pulled by oxen. Subject:  History -- United States -- Revolution Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Animal -- Cattle Homage -- Knox, Henry Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Russell Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Russell, Russell Historical Commission, Main Street, Russell, Massachusetts 01071 Located General Knox & South Quarter Roads, Russell, Massachusetts Remarks:  This marker, one of two in Russell, commemorates General Henry Knox, who in the winter of 1775-1776 delivered a "train of artillery" from Fort Ticonderoga to General George Washington in Cambridge. This marker is one of several that traces the route General Knox took to transport his load of artillery across lakes and rivers, over hills, and through mountain passes. Without these guns, Washington could not have forced the British out of Boston in March of 1776. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Objects questionnaire dated June 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MA000813   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000813 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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