Honors
Towns and cities in Maine, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Tennessee are named in his honor. There are counties named for Knox in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas. The house he used as a headquarters in New Windsor, New York during the Revolution has been preserved as Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, and has been declared a National Historic Landmark. Knox Township, Illinois is named after Knox, as is Knox Place in The Bronx, New York.
Knox has been honored by the United States Postal Service with an 8ยข Great Americans series postage stamp.
Two forts, one in Kentucky and another in Maine were named after him. Knox Hall at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, home of the United States Army Field Artillery School, is named in his honor, as is an annual award recognizing the performance of United States artillery batteries. The Major General Nathanael Greene class large coastal tug USAV Major General Henry Knox (LT-802) is named in honor of Knox. His papers have been preserved at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and his personal library resides in the Boston Athenaeum in proximity to that of his friend, George Washington.
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