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	Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1851) \| \| Guardian Unlimited Arts
		Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1851)
		Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1851)
		The white, miserable face of a soldier at the rear of Washington's boat recalls the suffering and the damned in Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa and Delacroix's Dante and Virgil in Hell - the latter a key source for this painting.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /portrait/story/0,,909669,00.html (595 words)

	American Revolution - Washington's Crossing, By David Hackett Fischer
		George Washington lost ninety percent of his army and was driven across the Delaware River.
		Over the middle of the mantel, engraving -- Washington crossing the Delaware; on the wall by the door, copy of it done in thunder-and-lightning crewel by the young ladies -- work of art which would have made Washington hesitate about crossing, if he could have foreseen what advantage to be taken of it.
		The small remnant who crossed the Delaware River were near the end of their resources, and they believed that another defeat could destroy the Cause, as they called it.
	www.americanrevolution.com /WashingtonsCrossingBook.htm (3327 words)

	Washington Crosses the Delaware, 1776
		The ragtag Continental Army was encamped along the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware River exhausted, demoralized and uncertain of its future.
		To compound Washington's problems, the enlistments of the majority of the militias under his command were due to expire at the end of the month and the troops return to their homes.
		We marched on and it was not long before we heard the out sentries of the enemy both on the road we were in and the eastern road, and their out guards retreated firing, and our army, then with a quick step pushing on upon both roads, at the same time entered the town.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /washingtondelaware.htm (916 words)

	Washington's crossing of the Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Washington's crossing of the Delaware, occurring on December 25, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton.
		Washington's troop movements across the Delaware River were of great strategic and historic significance to the United States' national beginning, and the resources associated with Washington's Crossing are eligible for listing as a National Historic Landmark.
		Washington's retreat allowed and forced the British to fill the void between New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in doing so the British extended their forward lines and placed their outposts at too great a distance to be reinforced from New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington's_crossing_of_the_Delaware (2147 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River
		Washington's artillery was in position on Pennsylvania soil and protected the remaining boats by firing into the advancing Germans, inflicting minor casualties.
		Washington planned a three-pronged attack with his main body of 2,400 men crossing the river and attacking the Hessians in Trenton from the north, and with militiamen from Pennsylvania and New Jersey crossing the river to the south to block the mercenaries' retreat.
		Washington and his remaining 5,000 men crossed the river again before the new year and occupied Trenton.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A517376 (917 words)

	Washington Crossing, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
		Washington Crossing was first settled in the late 1600s or early 1700s and was known by several names including Bakers Ferry, McKonkeys Ferry, and Taylorsville until the name was changed around 1918 to commemorate Washington crossing the Delaware here.
		This was painted by George Caleb Bingham (born in 1811), and still does not accurately portray the events of crossing, especially with George Washington on top of a horse in the small boat.
		This is an original account of Washington crossing the Delaware from a letter dated December 30, 1776.
	www.davidhanauer.com /buckscounty/washingtoncrossing/index.html (720 words)

	Washington Crossing the Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by Emanuel Leutze.
		It is in commemoration of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on December 25, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton.
		Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet) is also the title of a 1936 sonnet by David Schulman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware (876 words)

	George Washington and the Crossing of the Delaware
		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.
		Victories had been hard to come by lately, and the victories in New Jersey, emphasizing the daring of George Washington as they did, gave the people new hope that their cause was right and new determination that they could win their independence at last.
		crossing of the Delaware and the victories at Trenton and Princeton were certainly not the end of the Revolutionary War.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/ushistory/washingtondelaware.htm (463 words)

	What's wrong with this painting?
		The Delaware River was believed to be at flood stage at the time of the crossing.
		The image on display in the auditorium of Washington Crossing Historic Park in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, is a photomural of Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emmanuel Leutze.
		From Norman Rockwell to Larry Rivers to Charles Schultz, Leutze's image and the topic of Washington Crossing the Delaware continues to be interpreted in unique ways as each generation assigns its values and agenda to the scene.
	www.ushistory.org /washingtoncrossing/history/whatswrong.htm (3194 words)

	Battle of Trenton - Crossing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The main force led by Washington himself was to cross at McKonkey’s Ferry, nine miles above Trenton, and dash down the opposite shore to smash the Hessian garrison stationed in town.
		A third body under Colonel John Cadwalader was to cross farther downstream to divert the attention of the Bordentown garrison.
		Ferrying Washington’s force across the river without the loss of a single man or cannon, the Marbleheaders put the American commander in a position to launch a surprise attack against the Hessians.
	1-14th.com /HistTrentonCross.htm (2261 words)

	Washington Crossing State Park -- National Register of Historic Places Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor ...
		On December 25, 1776, General George Washington and a small army of 2400 men crossed the Delaware River at McConkey's Ferry, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on their way to successfully attack a Hessian garrison of 1500 at Trenton, New Jersey.
		Washington, in his camp on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware, realized that he must strike a military blow to the enemy before his army melted away and he was determined to hit the Hessian garrison at Trenton.
		On the night of December 25, the American main force was ferried across the Delaware River by Colonel John Glover's Marblehead fishermen and in the bleak early morning hours assembled on the New Jersey shore for the march on Trenton, about 10 miles downstream.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/delaware/was.htm (443 words)

	The Annual Christmas Crossing Reenactment
		The annual memorial recreation of Washington Crossing the Delaware River is a great event for the entire family.
		During the crossing, visitors are to remain behind the rope line.
		Washington Crossing Historic Park administers and organizes the annual Christmas Crossing of the Delaware River.
	www.ushistory.org /washingtoncrossing/visit/annualcrossing.htm (831 words)

	Washington Crossing Historic Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Washington's campaign in New York had not gone well; the Battle of Long Island ended in a loss when the British troops managed to out-maneuver the Continental Army.
		Washington was forced to retreat across new Jersey to Pennsylvania on December 7 and 8.
		Washington Crossing Historic Park was founded in 1917 to perpetuate and preserve the site from which the Continental Army crossed the Delaware.
	www.bucksnet.com /washxing (1206 words)

	On "On Seeing Larry River's Washington Crossing the Delaware..."
		Rivers denied that his Washington Crossing the Delaware was specifically a parody of Emmanuel Leutze’s painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
		A good example of this kind of work is 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' (1953), an important 'repainting' of a traditional American icon, Leutze's painting of 'Washington Crossing The Delaware', which undermined the heroism, masculinity and patriotism of the original.
		Washington becomes only one of many going about their business; he seems isolated and his stance is much less heroic and purposeful than in the original.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/m_r/ohara/rivers.htm (2230 words)

	Washington Crossing Historic Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Washington Crossing Historic Park (WCHP) in Bucks County, a five hundred-acre site administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), commemorates this momentous event, opening visitors' eyes to just how extraordinary-and how significant-the American victory was.
		Virginian George Washington, appointed Commander in Chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress, had his hands full coping with desertion, disobedience, and the deplorable conditions under which his army existed.
		Washington, camped at Fort Lee in New Jersey directly across the river, reluctantly allowed Brigadier General Nathanael Greene to try to hold Fort Washington.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/crossing/page1.asp (466 words)

	Washington Crossing the Delaware
		The actual crossing was done in the dead of night, during a driving snowstorm, and was completed by three a.
		He was quartered in the house where Washington made the decision to cross, and served as a scout and trusted adviser to the General, but there's nothing in the historical records to indicate he crossed in the same boat.
		Of course, few of the soldiers who crossed the river that horrible night to fight what was to be one of the few battles that can be said to have changed the course of the history of the entire world were as fortunate as Monroe or Madison.
	www.americanrevolution.org /delxone.html (627 words)

	Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		However, a hail and sleet storm had begun early in the crossing, winds were strong and the river was full of ice flows that had been moving downstream for several days.
		The painting commemorates Washington's crossing of the Delaware on December 25, 1776.
		As of 2004, the original Washington Crossing the Delaware painting is part of the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but you can purchase a copy at http://www.Posterlovers.com.
	articlecrazy.com /Article/Washington-s-Crossing-of-the-Delaware/21314 (657 words)

	washington crossing delaware
		On Christmas evening in 1776 Washington crossed the Delaware river on his way to defeat the Hussian and British troops, a turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.
		Washington is framed by the natural light behind him.
		Washington looks calm and comfortable standing on this boat that must have been rocky on this frozen river.
	www.artmuseums.com /washington_crossing_delaware.html (474 words)

	NPR : 'George Washington Crossing the Delaware', Present at the Creation
		What's more, the boats used by the Continental Army would have been different, the time of day is wrong (it was actually night), and the jagged chunks of ice floating near the boat would have been smoothed over by the flow of the river.
		At the moment of creation, the German revolution had all but failed, and like the soldiers surrounding Washington in the painting, the idealistic artist must have felt the sting of a losing battle, mixed with a surge of hope that victory might lie just across the river.
		George Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
	www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/georgewashington (710 words)

	The New Jersey Quarter - The United States Mint
		The New Jersey quarter, the third coin in the 50 State Quarters® Program, depicts General George Washington and members of the Colonial Army crossing the Delaware River en route to very important victories during the Revolutionary War.
		General George Washington calculated the enemy would not be expecting an assault in this kind of weather.
		With her approval, the Commission chose the "Washington Crossing the Delaware" design, creating the first circulating coin to feature George Washington on both the obverse and reverse sides.
	www.usmint.gov /mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?state=nj (355 words)

	Washington Crossing the Delaware
		General Washington crosses the Delaware with his army before the Battle of Trenton during the American War of Independence (American Revolution).
		Washington's arm,y had been followed by the British lead by General Lord Cornwallis across new Jersey but when Washington had crossed the Delaware.
		On the Night of the 25th December Washington lead a force of 2,400 men back across the Delaware which was now covered with broken Ice.
	www.military-art.com /dhm342.htm (654 words)

	Africans in America/Part 2/Wash. cross Del. River/Leutze
		The image of George Washington crossing the frozen Delaware River is perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the American Revolution.
		In December 1776, after Washington's troops were routed in New York and New Jersey, forcing them to flee into Pennsylvania, a British victory seemed certain.
		• The Marriage of Washington to Martha Custis
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part2/2h48.html (255 words)

	The Austin Chronicle News: The Battle of Washington's Bulge
		George Washington and his ragtag Continental Army may have heroically defeated the mercenary Hessians at Trenton in December 1776, but the old soldier is now in danger of being permanently unmanned -- by the combined forces of political neo-Victorianism and commercial publishing.
		The original painting, in the epic proportions of 12 by 21 feet, portrays an idealized Washington fearlessly standing in a rowboat guided eastward by his men through the ice-filled, treacherous waters of the Delaware River, while behind him stand two soldiers holding a furled U.S. flag.
		That's also where the trouble lies -- just behind Washington's right hand, at the crotch of his pants, a shaft of light falls on the ornamental, reddish fob of his pocket watch (one of the necessary accoutrements of an 18th-century gentleman).
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-11-22/pols_feature5.html (947 words)

	Department of Environmental Protection
		After crossing the rough winter river at night, General George Washington and the Continental Army landed at Johnson’s Ferry, at the site now known as Washington Crossing State Park.
		The theatre is operated by the Washington Crossing Association of New Jersey from June through August.
		The house was likely used briefly by General Washington and other officers at the time of the Christmas night crossing of the Delaware.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/parksandforests/parks/washcros.html (880 words)

	Washington Crossing the Delaware social studies resource paperback. 32 pages for grades 1-4. History--Hands On
		Washington Crossing the Delaware social studies resource paperback.
		Washington Crossing the Delawareóit's one of the most famous paintings of the Revolutionary War.
		Understanding the sacrifices made by Revolutionary War soldiers such as those who crossed the Delaware with Washington will make students more appreciative of those in the armed forces today who are keeping America free.
	www.teachinglearning.com /showanything.php?this_page=TLC10352 (243 words)

	"Washington Crossing the Delaware": The Story Behind the Painting
		Analysis of Leutze's monumental 1851 painting provides the stepping-off point for discussion of the pivotal event that inspired it, when the Continental Army's Commander-in-Chief and his men successfully pulled off his daring military stratagem against Britain's Hessian encampment early in the morning of December 26, 1776 at the Battle of Trenton, NJ.
		That triumph rallied Washington's men, Congress, and the colonists after a disheartening defeat at the Battle of Long Island and the subsequent evacuation of New York City, and made possible continuation of the war to victory.
		The work's oft-noted "errors" will be seen as deliberate choices by the artist to create a work of great emotional impact.
	www.nyhumanities.org /events/event.php?event_id=518 (219 words)

	Washington Crossing the Delaware
		Economy painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware on a wooden plaque (11X14 image, 15X18 finished) with brass nameplate.
		Luxury Large painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware (17X30 giclee applied image on archival-quality canvas with ultraviolet seals to aid in preservation; 42X29 finished) with brass nameplate.
		Luxury Small painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware (12X21 giclee applied image on archival-quality canvas with ultraviolet seals to aid in preservation; 33X24 finished) with brass nameplate.
	www.xmission.com /~nccs/art/washington_crossing_the_delaware.html (178 words)

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