Crossing the delaware

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"Washington Crossing the Delaware" is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. That action was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton.

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General George Washington and the Continental Army famously crossed the Delaware River on December 25-26, 1776.

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Washington crossing the Delaware River