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| Massachusetts (Berkshire County), Egremont — MA-2 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail | | | 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. Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1927 < Lower Marker: > This monument is dedicated to the thousands of innocent and brave men, women and children killed by terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. . . . — Map (db m24017) | | Massachusetts (Berkshire County), Great Barrington — MA-3 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail | | | 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. Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1927 — Map (db m24013) | | Massachusetts (Berkshire County), Lenox — Paterson / Egleston | | | (south face)Paterson
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In memory of Major General John Paterson, son of Colonel John Paterson, born 1744, died 1808; and Elizabeth Lee his wife, born 1749, died 1841. He was born in New Britain, Conn. Graduated at Yale College in 1762. He entered the law in his native town. He was married June 2nd, 1766. In 1774 he moved to Lenox and was chosen a member of the Berkshire Convention July 1774.
Represented this town in the General Court, which became the first . . . — Map (db m524) | | Massachusetts (Berkshire County), Monterey — MA-4 — Gen. Henry Knox Trail | | | 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. Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1927 — Map (db m24007) |
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