The morning of December 26, 1776, did not start according to plan. The night before, George Washington had led 2,400 ...

Emanuel Leutze’s enormous 1851 painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” depicts the general’s journey on Dec. 25, 1776, as he launched a surprise attack on hundreds of Hessian troops ...

Sandra Jackson-Dumont is the director and CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art since 2020, which opens to the public in ...

Let us know! This Sunday, thousands of people will gather to watch the reenactment of George Washington’s Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River. The Continental Army’s advance across the ...

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 25, the 360th day of 2024. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day.

And undated photo of the reenactment of Gen. Washington crossing the Delaware River at McConkey's Ferry. All of it has to do with water level. The river is slightly below its normal level at ...

A website containing “data, updates and other materials” about renovations to or the replacement of the historic Washington Crossing Bridge has been set up by the Delaware River Joint Toll ...

Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River was a desperate act ... Another commander might have resorted to winter quarters and wound licking. But instead of wallowing in these circumstances ...