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 ...

Leanne Keefer-Bechdel has been in a room with six Benjamin Franklins. In the world of historical reenactment, she said that ...

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

WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA — Low river levels may force General Washington and his troops to remain on dry land during Sunday's planned re-enactment of Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware ...

Night, sleet, snow, winds and freezing temperatures couldn’t keep the Continental Army from crossing the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. But the drought of 2024 may keep volunteers from ...

George Washington rolling the dice and crossing the Delaware River with a ragtag army of Continentals to rout British and Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey. Without a win, the American ...

and eventually crossing the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. However, it was not a mark of failure but a decision that preserved the Continental Army. Retreat is misunderstood. Popular culture ...

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

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 ...