Henry Knox’s Heavy Metal Tour: Knox Noble Train of Artillery through Warren, Washington, and Saratoga Counties

“Henry Knox’s Heavy Metal Tour: Knox Noble Artillery Train travels through Warren, Washington, and Saratoga Counties

The Washington County Historical Society and the Hebron Preservation Society are pleased to present “Henry Knox’s Heavy Metal Tour: Knox Nobile Artillery Train travels through Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties”, a talk by Patrick Niles on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. The program will take place at the former East Hebron Presbyterian Church at 6559 State Route 22 in East Hebron (Salem). The church is 7 miles north of Salem and 10 miles south of Granville. The talk will focus on the movement of Knox Artillery Train through the North Country in 1775 and how that event changed national and world history. It will include local and national figures: Benedict Arnold, Philip Schuyler, George Washington, William Duer, John Becker, William Knox, and Henry Knox. The presentation will concentrate on the route of Knox and the artillery train through Warren County (a frozen Lake George), Washington County (first Hudson River crossing, blizzard which found Knox on foot for over six miles), Saratoga (two river crossings, one of which saw an 18-pound cannon go through the ice on the Mohawk River). At the end of the program, there will be an explanation of the 2025 Knox Noble Artillery Train Reenactment in December 2025.

Pat is currently President of the Washington County Historical Society. He is co-chair of the Washington County 250^th Committee. Pat is a licensed guide at the Saratoga National Historic Park. He is a member of the Capital Region Knox Trail Reenactment Committee and currently is a Trustee of the Lake George Battlefield Alliance. He has been a volunteer at the Bennington Battlefield and Rogers Island and has participated in archeological digs there. Pat is a founder of the Revolutionary Round Table. He has researched the Great Burning, Carleton’s raid on northern New York, Charlotte County militia (Washington County, NY), and its role in the Revolution, as well as the Battles of Lake George, Military Road, Baum’s March, and the Battles of Saratoga and Bennington.

The program is free and open to the public. Donations are gladly accepted. For more information, please call 518/854-3102. Come celebrate history in your own backyard. We hope you will join us for this interesting and informative program.