Also available, Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery Shirt — Made in America Our original design honors Henry Knox and the herculean effort that brought about the end of the siege of Boston. More information on Knox is below. And for those who are interested, the canon image is from John Müller, "A Treatise of Artillery,” published 1757, imprint date 1779; The Evans Collection, Early American Imprints, Series I, 1639-1800. The shirt: We’re offering your choice of fabrics and colors: 100% cotton Made in the USA shirt in Grey — Grown, knitted, dyed, and sewn in the USA. 5.4 oz. S - 3XL. This grey shirt is dark, and as a result, the design is very subtle. Our standard 4.3 oz. Poly-Cotton shirt that gets rave reviews. Our softest shirt. It's also our thinnest and lightest. It is very high-quality and long-wearing, but it is thin and light. Lots of people love them, which you can see in the reviews, but if you judge t-shirt quality based on weight or thickness, do not get this one. Instead, get one of the two 100% cotton shirts above. In Military green. S - 4XL. See size chart. This design is also available in a sticker and a magnet. 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limited edition print — Signed and numbered — Only 200 printed Deed signed by Henry Knox and Lucy Knox — 1797 — Rare historical document — Only one Historical Background Behind the Design: Henry Knox and his noble train of artillery "On March 17, 1776, George Washington stood on Dorchester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." Source: Gilder Lehrman. Learn more Henry Knox’s diary Henry Knox’s letter to George Washington The trail and markers Thanks to Dr. Bob Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University, for his helpful comments on this design.
