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Preparing the Noble Train

September 13, 2025

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“Preparing the Noble Train” is a weekend of hands-on activities and demonstrations of woodworking, iron work, tacking and shoeing horses and building a replica sledge like those used by Knox’s troops.

Event Details

  • Time:

    10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

  • Organization:

    Springfield Armory National Historic Site

  • Collaborators:

    NPS, Grand Lodge of Freemasons, City, Schools, businesses. 

  • Contact:

    Kelly Fellner, (413) 734-8551

  • More Info:

    Exhibit opening at the Armory of “The Continental Arsenal at Springfield.”

Ticonderoga 250th: A Revolutionary Celebration, a three-day series of events that combine festive holiday traditions with community pride and historical spirit.

A special evening of merriment highlighting Crailo’s role in American Revolution history! Join us as we celebrate Henry Knox’s late 1775/1776 journey transporting artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston.

Join the Old Saratoga Historical Association for a presentation by Patrick Niles marking the 250th anniversary of Henry Knox’s 1775 journey.

The regional collaboration between states, counties, and historic sites will include a “cannon relay,” handing off a replica Revolutionary era cannon from place to place on its path from Fort Ticonderoga to the high ground over Boston Harbor in the winter of 1775-1776. Saratoga County will receive the cannon approximately 1:00pm. on December 13th at Dix Bridge in Hudson Crossing Park

Bid farewell to Knox’s Noble Train as we handoff the ceremonial Knox250 Linstock and replica sleds to Rev250 as the Noble Train continues eastward into Massachusetts on its journey to Boston.

Join us for a special Knox program at Crown Point State Historic Site in partnership with War Cannon Spirits.

As part of this year’s exhibits at the fair, replica sleds handcrafted by WSWHE BOCES students will be on display alongside replica artillery.

This immersive event at Fort Ticonderoga, retraces the first leg of Henry Knox’s legendary Noble Train of Artillery.

Join us for our popular bus tour with speaker and author, Jim Richmond, following the route of the 1780 Ballston Raid.

Greenwich, NY Replica sleds built by WSWHE BOCES students will be on display with replica artillery in the farm building.

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