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Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...
The historical reenactment of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is held every December in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Thousands of spectators gather along the riverbank to watch ...
Gen. George Washington may have crossed the Delaware River once on Christmas night 1776, but reenactors this year will twice offer the public the opportunity to see recreation of the military ...
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A Revolutionary Treasure: Delaware's Hale Byrnes House
I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to tour the historic Hale-Byrnes House in Delaware as part of a trip to Wilmington ...
Some 247 years after Gen. George Washington’s epic Christmas night crossing of the foreboding Delaware River, the legendary Continental Army strategy is recreated – twice, in fact, for the ...
A 300-year-old Delaware tree that once shaded George Washington and his generals as they met to plan an American Revolution battle may soon be lost to history. Known as “the Witness Tree,” the ...
U. MAKEFIELD TWP., Pa. - A motion picture that examines George Washington's crossing of the Delaware filmed scenes in Bucks County Tuesday. "The American Miracle" examines the life and impact of ...
in Edgewater Park, N.J. The grand Delaware River house is where they ... The house has early 18th-century roots, a genuine George Washington connection, and a rich, more recent history as the ...
By next year’s Semiquincentennial celebrations, visitors will be able to climb into a replica of the boat that General George Washington and his troops used to cross the Delaware River on Dec. 25, ...
University of Delaware alumnus Philip De Paola is also fascinated by the suit, but his appreciation is less about George Washington the icon and more about what historic textiles can teach us. De ...