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
About world war ii soviet soldiers. My name is kim mccarty. Im a curator here at Washington Crossing historic park in pennsylvania. Today is a very exciting day. We are doing a reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River on christmas night 1776. Well, what happened here is one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is washington and the Continental Army after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey came into bucks county in the beginning of december 17, 1776. They encamped in several locations around this area including the Thompson Neely house which is also part of our park. And things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriot cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid about the british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capitol. And he really knew that what he needed was a bold bold action. And after meeting with h
The most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is, washington and the Continental Army, after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county and its getting of december 1776. They encampments ever locations around this area, including the tops in the only house which is also part of our park and things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriots cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the british were going to invade in philadelphia and take over the capital and you really knew that what he needed was a bold action and after meeting with his war counsel, they made a decision that on christmas night, they would cross the delaware and march to trenton to attack a post at trenton. As they began to march from the thompson has down here, a snowstorm it started and the weather was terrible, there was snow and hail and it was basically a pretty bad
Is on of the here most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. Story is that washington and the Continental Army, after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new york came to bucks county in the of december 17, 1776. Things were pretty desperate at this point for washington. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the he really knew that what he needed was a bold action. After meeting with his war council, he made the decision that on christmas night he would cross the delaware and march to attack delaware. In that time a snowstorm started. It was terrible, there was snow and hail, and it was basically a bad noreaster. The weather was absolutely a part of that. General washington, can you tell us about your secret mission stop this is our final chance to make an impact on this war. The problem we have is our enlistments are expiring. Days in order to make this attack. Weatherfeel it with the behind us, we have th
Actually one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is washington and the Continental Army, after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. They encamped in several locations around this area, including the Thompson Neely house, which is also part of our park. And things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriot cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capital. And he really knew that what he needed was a bold action. And after meeting with his war counsel, they made the decision that on christmas night, they would cross the delaware and march to trenton to attack a hessian outpost at trenton. As they began to march from the Thompson Neely house down here, a snowstorm started and the weather was terrible, there was snow and hail