Emanuel Leutze’s enormous 1851 painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” depicts the general ... s website notes that its focus on George Washington reflects a “Great Man theory ...

The morning of December 26, 1776, did not start according to plan. The night before, George Washington had led 2,400 Continental Army soldiers across the Delaware River, thinking that two additional ...

Listen as they describe the artwork in their own words. In Colescott’s piece, George Washington Carver, one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century, takes the place of ...

In December 1776 George Washington and the Continental ... On this day in 1776, Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River. View this collection of videos to learn about ...

Frazil ice is a type of slush ice made up of small ice crystals that form in turbulent, supercooled water. It can be found in ...

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 ...

Chernow believed “Crossing the Delaware on Christmas night ... On Christmas night 1776, George Washington kept our Continental Army “spirited and gallant” in its darkest hours, and thereby ...