AS SEEN ON TV: WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE

Last year for Christmas Day, we celebrated the birth of the baby Jesus with his portrayal in a TV production. This year, we're looking at this day in American history.....

WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE

AS SEEN IN:
'You Are There'

AS PLAYED BY:
Russ Conway as General George Washington

From Wikipedia:
Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, occurring on December 25, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a planned surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey.

Planned in partial secrecy, Washington led a column of Continental Army troops across the icy Delaware River in a logistically challenging and potentially dangerous operation. Other planned crossings in support of the operation were either called off or ineffective, but this did not prevent Washington from successfully surprising and defeating the troops of Johann Rall quartered in Trenton. The army crossed the river back to Pennsylvania, this time burdened by prisoners and military stores taken as a result of the battle.

It was planned in only partial secrecy because Washington revealed his plans to a CBS news crew who had traveled back in Time to cover the event.

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