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Christmas 1776
In preparation for an upcoming publication by Emerging Revolutionary War’s historian Mark Maloy, I was doing some light reading about the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. That is when I came across the following quote by the late Albert Chestone; “The … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Northern Theater, Personalities
Tagged 1776, Albert Chestone, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Trenton, Christmas, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Mark Maloy, Trenton, Washington Crossing the Delaware
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James Monroe at the Battle of Trenton
One of the iconic images of the Revolutionary War is Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s 1851 painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware. It is the night of December 25, 1776. The Continental Army is being transported across the Delaware River to attack a … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1776, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Trenton, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, George Washington, Hessians, James Monroe
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