America’s First Christmas - How we reversed our fortunes in the Revolutionary War

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ^ | December 23, 2010 | Rich Lowry

[neverdem]

This is a good time for the quote usually attributed to Otto von Bismarck:

"God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America."

My computer is wacky. I couldn't copy it with my mouse. That's from my memory. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Pray for our country and wisdom in the next Congress!

[dr_lew]

That's from my memory.

Your memory? You mean your memory of looking at it ten seconds ago? Anyway, that's close to what I remember from who knows when and where ... God watches over fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[onyx]

The most famous Christmas celebration by George Washington occurred before he was president. While commander of the colonial forces, Washington made a bold move that helped breathe new life into the fledgling republic. Without sending Christmas cards or announcements to warn the enemy, General Washington crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania into New Jersey with 2,400 men on Christmas Day of 1776.

Merry Christmas!!!

[neverdem]

You mean your memory of looking at it ten seconds ago?

That's short term memory. It's not infallible.

[waterhill]

Merry Christmas! America, Bless God!

Thumbs down to Scrooges...

[dr_lew]

Here's Washington Crossing as I knew it in my youth. We used to cross here from NJ to PA in our routine travels, back in the day. At one time there was a refreshment stand on the Jersey side, and we used to joke that this was where the Hessians were.

Note the solar farm, lower right. That's a new development!

[lewislynn]

There’s a good movie on this called “The Crossing” starring Jeff Daniels as G. Washington

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Thanks !

[dixiechick2000]

GOOD post!

Think about this...a rag tag very poor Army went up against the British fleet and everything that was thrown at them..................................

and won.

Are we exceptional......or what?

[Gene Eric]

Merry Christmas onyx!

Great pics.

I love the framed wooded setting of GW kneeling in prayer alongside his trusted equestrian friend.

[onyx]

Thanks very much! A most Blessed and Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones, dear Gene Eric!!

[devolve]

[Celtic Conservative]

Thought I'd never get a chance to use this:

CC

[varon]

Think about this...a rag tag very poor Army went up against the British fleet and everything that was thrown at them..................................

Conjures up thoughts of Taliban.....Al Qaeda.....Afghanistan.........

Are we exceptional......or what?

We were and we are, with a difference. Back then we had a cause, now we fight,............ 'because'...............

[potlatch]

[devolve]

[SunkenCiv]

· GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach · · join list or digest · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post a topic · subscribe ·
	Antiquity Journal  & archive  Archaeologica  Archaeology  Archaeology Channel  BAR  Bronze Age Forum  Discover  Dogpile  Eurekalert  Google  LiveScience  Mirabilis.ca  Nat Geographic  PhysOrg  Science Daily  Science News  Texas AM  Yahoo  Excerpt, or Link only?	Thanks neverdem. Merry Christmas to all! I'm up waiting for Santa. Okay, ya got me, I just wanted to polish off his milk and cookies. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.
· History topic · history keyword · archaeology keyword · paleontology keyword · · Science topic · science keyword · Books/Literature topic · pages keyword ·

[1010RD]

Very funny.