The Delaware River at the crossing’s location is not remotely as wide as the painting suggests and the ice is all wrong. Washington’s army still had far to go on land that night.

Hundreds gathered on both sides of the Delaware River to watch an annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington's 1776 crossing, a year after pandemic restrictions forced viewers to watch ...

Essay The Deeper Meaning of ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ The iconic painting by Emanuel Leutze is often criticized today for being historically inaccurate and simplistically patriotic ...

A planned uninterrupted closure of the pedestrian walkway at the Washington Crossing toll-supported bridge is scheduled to ...

The historical reenactment of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is held every December in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA — Low river levels may force General Washington and his troops to remain on dry land during Sunday's planned re-enactment of Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware ...

Perhaps larger than normal. This year’s annual re-enactment of George Washington’s legendary crossing the Delaware on Christmas 1776 marks the 70 th time an actor playing him has crossed over.

How "Washington Crossing the Delaware," a painting by Emanuel Leutze, went 19th-century viral and became an emblem of U.S. patriotism.

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 achie… ...