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 ...

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.

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.

Drought conditions have lowered water levels on the Delaware, threatening the annual reenactment of Washington's famous move to raid Trenton in 1776.

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… ...

Washington’s crossing A look at Gen. George Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware River and the art that it inspired. High stakes in the war It was the winter of 1776.