Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery Magnet

Our latest original design for our nation's 250th features Henry Knox's epic trek in the winter of 1775 - 1776 to bring the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. It was a 300 mile journey that ultimately led to British troops as well as many Loyalists leaving Boston. More information on Knox is below. 

The magnet: Printed on a thin, flexible 3.22" x 4" die-cut magnet.

This design is also available in a:

• Made in America shirt
• Made in America long-sleeved shirt
• Women's v-neck shirt
• Hooded sweatshirt

Also available:

• Fort Ticonderoga limited edition print — Signed and numbered — Only 200 printed
• Deed signed by Henry Knox and Lucy Knox — 1797 — Rare historical document — Only one

Historical Background Behind the Design: Henry Knox and his noble train of artillery

"On March 17, 1776, George Washington stood on Dorchester Heights alongside fifty-nine captured cannon high above the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and watched as British troops peacefully evacuated the city after an eleven-month siege.

"It was a remarkable moment for many reasons. The siege had begun in April 1775, in the days after the Revolution’s opening battles at Lexington and Concord, when local militias cut off the peninsular city from surrounding towns. A twenty-five-year-old Continental Army officer and former Boston bookseller named Henry Knox suggested that cannon might be used to drive the British from the town. Washington sent Knox to Crown Point and the recently captured Fort Ticonderoga in northern New York to retrieve fifty-nine cannon and mortars and bring them to Boston. . . .

"Knox and his men moved the cannon 300 miles in fifty-six days with the help of oxen and ice sledges and arrived outside Boston on January 25, 1776. When powder for the cannon finally arrived, the Americans began firing on Boston on March 2, and on March 4 mounted the largest guns on Dorchester Heights. British fire couldn’t reach Washington’s forces, and the British loaded their ships and withdrew to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 17."

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