Spend some time staring at the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware," and you can't miss the ice. It's everywhere. Cold weather became part of Washington's military strategy, says Alex ...
I grew up a few miles from where George Washington and his Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenary soldiers stationed in Trenton, N.J. Down on his ...
Ronald Rinaldi began participating in the annual event in 1976 at age 14 and has made it a family tradition. The historic 1776 crossing was a turning point in the Revolutionary War, revitalizing the ...
The reenactment commemorates the moment General George Washington led his troops across the Delaware River on a frigid Christmas Day in 1776. (Alexandru Bruschini of Mediaology Co.) From Delco to ...
Images of Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night in 1776 are deeply ingrained in the American imagination — so much so that Pennsylvania’s annual reenactments draw thousands of spectators ...
On Christmas Day in 1776, with the Continental Army at its lowest ebb, George Washington stood on the icy banks of the Delaware River and launched a last-ditch effort to keep the American Revolution ...
©2026 Fox News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All market data delayed 20 minutes.