Washington’s Crossing of River Is Reenacted
From Times Wire Reports
George Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware River led to critical battles in Trenton and Princeton. Its annual reenactment is now the subject of a legal fight.
But modern skirmishers put aside their differences over some of the portrayals to conduct the 49th reenactment.
The ceremony was held on the Pennsylvania side of the river, but the rowing to New Jersey was scrapped because of strong winds and currents amid sleet and rain that rivaled the conditions during the original event 226 years ago.
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