Between January 10 and March 17 of 2026, communities across Massachusetts will celebrate this remarkable feat of logistics, courage, and determination that helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War and secured America’s first major victory — the Evacuation of Boston on March 17, 1776.

Great Barrington: Saturday 1/10 – Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center – 2:00 p.m. Participating towns: Alford, Blandford, Egremont, Monterey, Otis, Russell, Sandisfield A short procession of horse-drawn sleds, 1776 militia units, artillery unit, and fifes and drums will be followed by an indoor commemorative program recognizing all of the communities along the Knox trail who aided Knox in 1776. Local dignitaries and historians will speak and presentations to each of the communities will be made. This event made possible through the generosity of Berkshires250.

Monterey: Friday 1/16 – Monterey Public Library – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Opening Reception of Knox Trail Exhibition. The exhibit will include maps, illustrations, and documents about Knox’s trek through the Berkshires. Also photos and memorabilia about the Knox Trail reenactment through Monterey during the Bicentennial in 1976.
Saturday 1/17 – Monterey Public Library – 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Knox Trail 250 Media Show with talk by Jonathan Barkan about creating the slide show in 1976 for the Bicentennial and updating it for the 250th. Also, Boston Artillery reenactors demonstrate process for loading and aiming a cannon (no firing of cannon); and describe sleds used by Knox to transport cannons, etc.
Saturday 1/17 – Monterey Public Library – 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Panel discussion about Knox’s Noble Train of Cannons through the Greenwoods (Berkshires) featuring five local historians  Sunday 1/18 – Bidwell House Museum – 11:00 a.m. Walk on a section of the Knox Trail in Monterey led by Rob Hoogs

Stockbridge: Saturday 1/24 – Stockbridge Library Museum & Archives 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Stretching along Main Street from the Town Offices to the Mission House, activities will include a quartermaster’s tent displaying the kinds of things the army requisitioned from townspeople; a presentation on 18th century foraging and food by a local historian, and an exhibit of 18th century artifacts from the collections of the Stockbridge Library Museum & Archives and Bidwell House. Chat with reenactors; visit a tavern set-up at the Mission House, and learn about life in the army and on the home front during the American Revolution. Special programming includes a visit from Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery featuring costumed educators from Fort Ticonderoga, a non-firing reproduction cannon, and two (friendly) oxen; and a presentation by two Mohican veterans discussing the role their ancestors played in the Revolution and the importance of military service in their community.