In temperatures ranging from 17 to 22 degrees, a hardy crowd turned out to watch the even hardier reenactors interpret the most iconic moment in American history, the crossing of the Delaware River by General George Washington on Christmas Day, leading to the successful attack on Trenton on December 26, 1776.
Here is the man himself, in the third of three boats that crossed today:
Here is the man himself, in the third of three boats that crossed today:
The river is as impressive in winter, even without the ice, and we get some sense of scale as the first boat makes its way across from Pennsylvania to New Jersey:
They would march along this road, still preserved in Washington Crossing Park in New Jersey, now called Continental Lane.
At the time, they left bloodstains in the snow. This remains hallowed ground.
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