Miracle #1. The Deliverance of Boston, The Fog Miracle

by Trent Gudmundsen

Mr. Gudmundsen’s powerful art captures the spirit of deliverance as the miracle played out.  Originally it was thought to put together a collage bringing together  numerous miraculous events each a part of the miracle, including the calling of George Washington, the fall of Ft. Ticonderoga without firing a shot done in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, the impossible mission to retrieve the fort’s cannon in winter by Knox, The whole army basically leaving when enlistments expired and a new replacement army  in without being exploited by the British,  The two intense blizzards  preventing counter-attack and others.  The blessings proved more than room enough to receive on a single canvas, so the artist wisely choose a representative event. The fog arriving in time to cover the taking of Dorchester Heights, which was key to forcing the British retreat from Boston.  The muted tone of the painting adds mood and feeling as Americans work together in partial darkness but above the fog, each man and beast fulfilling his role and part of the miracle.