Posted on 12/25/2010 6:27:13 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Overcast skies and cold temperatures did not stop George Washington from making his Christmas Day ride across the Delaware River.
The 58th annual re-enactment of Washington's daring Christmas 1776 crossing of the river — the trek that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War — was staged Saturday on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey border.
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Maybe in the future I might get the wife to cut me and the kid loose for this one, despite it being Christmas. I think it would be an eye opener to make the whole trek.
George Washington inspired men to follow him barefoot in the snow.
Although his Presidency was uneventful the best man to ever have served as POTUS was George Washington—IMHO.
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”… Pres George Washington
A WALKING TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELD IN OUR MIDST
From
THE BATTLE FOR NEW YORK:
The City at the Heart of the American Revolution
by Barnet Schecter
The Battle For New York Walking Tour:
http://www.thebattlefornewyork.com/walking_tour.php
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The Battle For New York Home page:
http://www.thebattlefornewyork.com/home.php
It doesn’t say or give credit to the group that actually DID this reenactment.
Interesting. When Washington trudged into Valley Forge he had barely 3,000 men left out of the 30,000 he had in NY before Kips Bay.
Taking virtually every able bodied man at night in the freezing cold on a long march to cross a big river was indeed a bold move.
Valley Forge itself is over 20 miles from the river, let alone the march to Trenton.
Valley Forge was a year later than the Crossing of the Delaware. The Americans started from just across the river.
I don’t think Washington had anywhere near 30,000 troops during the Battle of Brooklyn. The British had about that number if not more.
Sadly Americans gladly traded their liberty for a TV clicker.
I counted about 10 to 12 thousand attendees at this years event.
THAT was a shameful battle, brightened only by the skillful retreats to and across the River.
There were some good stands but by and large we were whipped.
I just checked with a PBS video I have from the series “Liberty” and, according to that, the British had about 30,000 troops and about 10,000 sailors. 15,000 landed at Brooklyn for the battle outnumbering Wash’s force 2 to 1.
Yup, the Marylanders (a mere 250 of them!) put up a very brave fight buying Washington time to retreat to Brooklyn Heights where they later escaped across the East River into Manhattan. Leading them across the river was the same guy who led the Delaware Crossing.
When he 1st arrived in NY he had 19,000 with mmore troops coming in until the battle.
They were certainly not all high caliber
The English had 20,000 on Long Island but Washington had made the glaring mistake of splitting his forces and only had about 6,000 to face the entire British & Hessian force there
Thank you. I had forgot about that. Merry Xmas!
It's funny how the bogus quotes jump off the screen.
Uhmmmm you forgot someone, in fact you X'd him out.
Merry CHRISTmas.
Trenton and Washington’s Crossing, Penn. is about 45 minutes west of where I live. It is inspiring to see the area of the crossing and the Trenton Barracks but the museum , if you could call it that at the crossing site no longer displays the once fine authentic and original Brown Bess muskets, Kentucky Rifles and all the other weaponry of the time. The state of Pennsylvania took them out under the pretense of ‘’refurbishing them’’ but that was over 15 years ago. PC bs!
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