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Vor 14 Stunden · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the ...
17. Mai 2024 · Author: Lynne Cheney. Title: When Washington Crossed the Delaware. Topic: Children's Learning & Education. Format: Paperback. Type: Paperback. Genre: Children's ...
As everyone knows, Washington crossed the icy Delaware River secretly at night in 1776 and surprised and defeated the Hessian forces encamped at Trenton in a turning point in the Revolution. The dramatic painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emmanuel Leutze has been hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than a century. It ...
14. Mai 2024 · George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in the dead of the night on Christmas and his subsequent victories in New Jersey energized a tired and sad Colonial Army and gave the American people cause for celebration. It was a desperate gamble, and it worked. The British forces had occupied Boston and New York, forcing American ...
11. Mai 2024 · On the night of December 25-26, 1776, Washington faced a series of daunting challenges. The plan was for three detachments to cross the river and converge on Trenton, New Jersey, but the operation encountered numerous complications. The river itself presented a formidable obstacle.
20. Mai 2024 · Emanuel Leutze (born May 24, 1816, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Württemberg [Germany]—died July 18, 1868, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a German-born American historical painter whose picture Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) numbers among the most popular and widely reproduced images of an American historical event.
20. Mai 2024 · Situated in the heart of the Delaware Valley, "Washington Crossing" was selected as the DAR chapter name to commemorate the crossing of the Delaware River on December 25, 1776. General George Washington, commander of a fledgling army, was faced with the onset of winter and a military unit decimated by low morale and desertions.
