After retreating across new jersey came into bucks county in the beginning of the december 17th, 76. They encamped in several locations across this area including the house that is also part of our park. Things were desperate at this time. The Continental Army really needed wayne. Washington was afraid that british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capital. He knew what he needed was a bold, bold action and after meeting with the war counsel, they made the decision that on christmas night they would cross the delaware and march to trenton to attack the outpost at trenton. As they began to march particularly from the Thompson House to the ferry, a snowstorm started. And the weather was terrible. There was snow and hail and it was basically a pretty bad noreaster. And all of the men, 2400 in all, had to cross the delaware and begin their march. There were other rej ments that were supposed to cross in two other locations at the trenton ferry and bristol ferry. They were
If you are gone to a concert, lately . Its been a while. You would pay a kings ransom for the tickets. Pull start from nine of the 10 highest grossing concerts rather, tours average ticket price is above 100 bucks for the average ticket price for the top 100 tours in north america has increased 55 yearly for 95. The offer dynamic to get pricing to adjust prices up and down based on demand. You find a band that is undiscovered not quite as popular. Smaller bands play in smaller venues. Make a good point see live music and record music with smaller music. Mean, you can enjoy live music. Absolutely. Pay the piper though. Its been lets check in with mark for look at weather, today its cold but nice and sunny and i think it outside to enjoy that, today. We miss the rain. We can take care of that, as well as we go into the sunday forecast. 30s and 40s and bundle up. We have frost and mild afternoon with temperatures in the fifth hes run 53 kind of like yesterday. Yesterdays highs in the bay
Legislative work on a number of noncontroversial bills. Votes are expected at about 3 00 p. M. Eastern. And now to live coverage of the u. S. House. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, rabbi mark getman, Temple Emanuel of canarsie, brooklyn, new york. The chaplain let us pray. Hetchly one, our protector and redeemer, guardian of life and liberty, we ask for your continued blessings as we open this session of the house of representatives. May our nation and its leaders be blessed with your protection as they continue their work for the constituents across these United States. God, continue to send your light to all elected officials across this land, guiding them with your good Council Counsel and providing them with wisdom and forebearance. Now our nation and its citizens always work toward world peace and harmony as part and party representing this great nation. God of peace and prosperity, bless this house of represent
23yearold suspect on monday and said they found an ar 15 highpowered assault rifle, literature and camouflage clothing. Neighbors i spoke with today said they have known for years something was not right. You could be around the kid for an hour and understand he had issues. Which mcclure has lived across the street from 23year old ross and his family for about 10 years and says his behavior was disturbing. It was a really aggressive kid. If you were ever around him and the amount of site he has gotten with his dad and screaming it is an ongoing issue. The case started when the fbi cyber crimes unit got a tip from a user who saw the threat from a chat room in an online video game. According to Court Documents obtained by the east bay times he made a number of disturbing comments on the video platform steam when he went by the username adolf hitler 6 million which is the number of jewish People Killed during the holocaust. When we looked at the account today we saw a number of unsettling
Epicenter of the confederate effort. This is the headquarters, this is where robert e lee was. This is the building in which he made crucial decisions during the course of those three days of that battle that literally determined the outcome of the battle. This property when we bought it looks nothing like it does right now. It was a Hotel Complex with a brewpub restaurant attached to it. Envision a 40 or 50 room, 1950s style motel with a restaurant saloon attached to it , all surrounding this building that i am standing in that was lees headquarters. Lees headquarters was hidden in plain sight. What we did to restore this site was, first we had to get rid of the 20th century. That was to tear down and move out all of the debris that encompassed the hotel, or motel to be more precise. The restaurant brewpub. Then we had to restore the topography. We had to tear out Something Like 15 different structures, including the swimming poor and gift shops,f those types of things. This thing was