It's a day late but Happy "Washington Crossing the Delaware Day" to all who celebratedSubmitted by rollotomasi07071 t3_zvr3bh in newjersey
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It's huge and no one ever really goes to see it. As a member of the Met, there has been time where I was the only one in that gallery and it's surreal.
Also, fact of the day: The river isn't the Delaware, it's actually based off a river in Europe. The Delaware doesn't get chunks that large around that time.
Wandego t1_j1u0806 wrote
> Colonel Henry Knox, who commanded Washington’s artillery, described the crossing in a letter to his wife on December 28: “Floating ice in the river made the labor almost incredible…Night was cold and stormy; it hailed with great violence.”
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