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The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...
On Sept. 18, 1793, Washington crossed the Potomac River and was met by two brass bands, a volunteer artillery company and a delegation of Masons from Virginia and Maryland.
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.
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… ...
Retracing George Washington ... “Washington was convinced after this trip that a suitable portage could be effected from the Potomac ... The years 1753, 1754 and 1755 saw Washington cross ...
E ver since George Washington crossed the Delaware during the American Revolution and became the first president of the United States, he's been a permanent fixture in American lore and history ...
This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does ...
B UCKS COUNTY, PA —We all know that General George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey on Christmas Day 1776, marking a turning point in the American Revolution.