Knox Army Base--Do You Know Who It Was Named After? Mayor Molly McMole Wonders If You Do?

PROJECT 2020 Do you know who Fort Knox was named after (Army Base)--General Henry Knox. Commander-in-Chief George Washington was a genius at fooling the powerful British and their Commander Cornwallis who turned out to be a coward and a poor sport in the final battle at Yorktown. At the beginning of the Revolution Washington had a ragtag Army--no uniforms, no money, hardly any weapons. Well, Washington had General Henry Knox (who had a mechanical engineering mind). Washington and his men were near Boston. The British fled Fort Ticonderoga and Washington ordered Knox to go to Ticonderoga and bring back anything the British left behind, expecting little. Well, surprise—Knox found a treasure trove, cannons, barrels of gun powder, guns, all kinds of armaments. Knox had sleds made and brought them back to Washington. NOT END OF STORY—he and his men and horses had to: Go up and down mountainous terrain, ford icy waterway, rain, weak ice on waterways, but he returned with British armaments that Washington used to beat the British. Knox and his men were the first Army Corps of Engineers. So, did you learn about General Knox in school? Bet not. Lorraine Strieby, Why Is a Spy Called a Mole, about the American Revolution. Kindle/Amazon Reference, Bill O’Riley #americanhistory #henryknox #usarmycorpsofengineers #georgewashington #commanderinchiefgeorgewashington