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Westfield Civil War Monument

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General Henry Knox Marker

General Henry Knox Marker

5.0(1 review)
0.3 mi

I grew up in the Bronx on a street named Gates Place. The next street over from Gates was Knox…read morePlace. Both streets were named after Revolutionary War Generals - Horatio Gates and Henry Knox. Henry Knox was a real hero of the Revolutionary War and his exploits have been memorialized in a series of 56 bronze plaques throughout Massachusetts and New York. Knox led an expedition that attacked and defeated the British at Fort Ticonderoga in New York. The real prize of that victory was 59 cannons that Knox commandeered and transported by ox-driven wagons all the way to Boston to drive out the Brits. Many historians consider this chain of events, led by Knox, to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The Henry Knox Cannon Trail traces the path that Knox travelled to transport those cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. The Westfield marker is located at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 20) and U.S. 202, in front of the Tavern Restaurant It's inscription reads: 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

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General Henry Knox Marker - Team of oxen pulls a wagon of cannons to drive the redcoats from Boston and tip the Revolutionary War in favor of the colonists

Team of oxen pulls a wagon of cannons to drive the redcoats from Boston and tip the Revolutionary War in favor of the colonists

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Major-General William Shepard Monument

Major-General William Shepard Monument

4.0(1 review)
0.5 mi

Westfield native Major-General William Shepard crammed a lot of action into his 80 years of life…read more He fought in 22 battles and was one tough sonuvabitch.. He fought in King George's War and the French and Indian War, He fought in Quebec, and served in the Revolutionary War, he defended Springfield during Shay's Rebellion, he served in the War of 1812. Why was he tough sonuvabitch? During the Revolution, he was shot in the neck by a cannon ball. He gained consciousness while the doctors were digging the ball out of his neck. He asked for a drink of water, and told the doctors to bandage him up so he could return to the fight. Now that's what I call a tough guy! When his military service ended, he turned to public service and became a state representative, senator, and councilor. He was elected to congress three times, and later in life served in town politics and was his church's deacon for 24 years. Westfield honors one of its most impressive native sons with a 1919 bronze statue on a town green at the intersection of Elm, Court, and Broad Streets. Several inscription on the stone base read: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM SHEPARD 1737-1817 REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL COURT STATE SENATOR GOVERNOR'S COUNCILLOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS U.S. COMMISSIONER TO THE SIX NATIONS MODERATOR XII YEARS SELECTMAN OF WESTFIELD XXVII YEARS DEACON OF THE CHURCH CHARTER TRUSTEE OF WESTFIELD ACADEMY ............................. ERECTED BY THE DESCENDANTS OF GENERAL SHEPARD AND THE PEOPLE OF WESTFIELD 1919. ....................... CAPTAIN - FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS 1754-1763 MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND SAFETY CONTINENTAL LINE ENGAGED IN XXII BATTLES 1775-1783 COLONEL AND BRIGADIER GENERAL MAYOR - GENERAL MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA SUBDUING SHAY'S REBELLION When he passed away. Someone wrote "No taint of meanness or dishonesty ever attached itself to him. He was distinguished for his good character and his unbending integrity."

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