It meant that Washington's mission of securing independence from the British survived another year. John Godzieba, center, portrays Gen. George Washington at the Delaware River crossing ...

Beginning July 4, the portrait will be on display in the Declaration of Independence rotunda at the American Revolution ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Godzieba, front left, portraying Gen. George Washington, uses a spy glass to look across the river during a re-enactment of Washington's historic crossing of the Delaware River, Friday, Dec ...

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… ...

George Washington crosses the foggy Delaware River in Dec. 2023. (Jeff Werner/Patch) More than 14 million people rely on the river for drinking water.

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.