Emanuel Leutze was a German-born American painter best known for his iconic work Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Leutze’s works were executed in the highly finished manner of European ...

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FREEHOLD BOROUGH – A “significant” piece of historic artwork depicting George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth may be sold by the Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) for millions of ...

In the summer of 1937, shortly after his family donated the painting “Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth” to the Monmouth County Historical Association, Walter B. Howe wrote a series of ...

FREEHOLD BOROUGH – The Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) will not seek to sell a “historically significant” piece of artwork depicting George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth, ...

Bedford, Indiana celebrated the 1976 bicentennial in a monumental way. Emanuel Leutze’s famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, celebrates an almost mythical moment during the American ...

Last fall, word that Monmouth County Historical Association might sell a priceless painting of the Battle of Monmouth set the local-historian community ablaze with objections. On Monday the MCHA gave ...

It was the winter of 1776. With the War of Independence failing, Gen. George Washington and his army had low morale and few new recruits. Washington’s campaign in New York had not gone well. On Dec. 2 ...