WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. — Strong and steady, Gen. George Washington raised his voice on Christmas Day to hearten tired, hungry troops preparing for the Battle of Trenton. Morale was low and ...

Washington’s decision to cross the icy Delaware on Christmas night in 1776 turned the tide of the Revolutionary War, the Inquirer reported, citing historians.

The flag depicted did not exist at the time of Washington’s crossing. The historically accurate flag would have been the Grand Union Flag. The crossing took place in the dead of night, not with ...

FILE - John Godzieba, as Gen. George Washington, second right, stands in a boat during a re-enactment of Washington's daring Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

How "Washington Crossing the Delaware," a painting by Emanuel Leutze, went 19th-century viral and became an emblem of U.S. patriotism.

German-American painter Emanuel Leutze’s 1851 depiction of George Washington and the Continental Army crossing the Delaware River during the American Revolution has appeared in millions of ...

The famous “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next month, when it is estimated to fetch about $20 million.

Hundreds gathered on both sides of the Delaware River to watch an annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing, a year after pandemic restrictions forced viewers to watch it ...

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. — Hundreds gathered on both sides of the Delaware River to watch an annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing, a year after pandemic ...