A view from above of present-day Fort Ticonderoga in New York.( Carl Heilman II)
Trail events coming up in 2026.” And prepared we are. In fact, not everyone is waiting for the actual anniversary of the Knox Trail this winter to celebrate General Knox and his extraordinary feat. Freemasonry, the oldest secular fraternity in the world with about 18,000 members in Massachusetts, is starting an eight-city celebration this summer at Fort Ticonderoga on July 19, with a program on the role of Freemasonry in our fight for
freedom. Knox, Washington, and Revere were just some of the more wellknown Freemasons who were crucial to the country’ s fight for freedom.
The next stop for the Freemasons events is in Great Barrington on August 2, when a Revolutionary-era replica cannon will be fired in Memorial Park on Bridge Street at 10 a. m. Spectators will be treated to fife and drum corps music and an American Revolution battle reenactment. At 11 a. m., activities move to the First Congregational Church on Main Street, where local historian Bernard Drew will talk about his book Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War Trail in Western Massachusetts, followed by comments from Massachusetts Freemason Grand Master George Hamilton. The event is free and open to the public. Freemasons continue to celebrate throughout the state with events in Springfield in September, Sturbridge in October, Worcester in November, Lexington in December, Boston in February, and Dorchester
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