Their attempts to cross at southern points along the Delaware River failed. Washington and his men successfully completed their crossing and marched into Trenton on the morning of Dec. 26, 1776.

George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River: A holiday tradition for fans of history . The reenactment is held every December in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Some 247 years after Gen. George Washington’s epic Christmas night crossing of the foreboding Delaware River, the legendary Continental Army strategy is recreated – twice, in fact, for the ...

Gen. George Washington may have crossed the Delaware River once on Christmas night 1776, but reenactors this year will twice offer the public the opportunity to see recreation of the military achie… ...

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 ...

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 ...