Draggingtree Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Washington Crosses the Delaware on Christmas Night, 1776 Posted by Kemberlee Kaye Monday, December 25, 2017 at 5:30pm Or as some call it, America’s first Christmas Before America was free of the chains of unrepresented, overtaxed tyranny, we had to best the greatest army in the world. In a make or break moment for the Revolutionary War, General George Washington concocted a plan to cross the Delaware River and lead a surprise attack on the Hessians camped around Trenton, New Jersey. A victory in Trenton would boost morale, Washington reasoned. A rash of “false alarms” and the arrival of a nasty winter storm put the Hessians, who’d been warned of the possibility of an attack, at ease. And off to sleep, they went. Many for the last time. https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/washington-crosses-the-delaware-on-christmas-night-1776/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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