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Bridge over the Delaware River could be replaced in Washington Crossing. Here's the plan
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission will explore replacing the 1905 Washington Crossing...
Christmas tradition returns to Washington Crossing Historic Park
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt has been 247 years since Gen. George Washington commanded thousands of troops on Christmas Day...
A bit of trivia about Washington's epic crossing of the Delaware in 1776
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere will be the usual crowd gathered on the Delaware River shore in Upper Makefield on Sunday. Perhaps larger than normal. This year’s annual re-enactment of George Washington’s legendary ...
Washington Crossing residents fight bridge replacement. They say history is on their side
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThey won't use muskets and grapeshot, but residents on both sides of the Delaware River channeled...
Despite the rain, Washington Crossing Cemetery welcomes its commander-in-chief
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGen. George Washington encountered an icy Delaware River getting to the Battle of Trenton, and...
Many American Revolutionaries were younger than you'd think when they declared independence from...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWashington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26,...
Crossroads of the Revolution: Bucks' multifaceted role in birth of our nation
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChristmas Day 1952. A pivotal moment in history comes into focus. Actor St. John Terrell playing George Washington and a few colleagues in Revolutionary War uniforms oar across the Delaware ...
On This Day, Dec. 26: Earthquake devastates Iran, kills tens of thousands
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA woman mourns December 27, 2003, one day after an earthquake, as bodies await burial in Bam, a city...
Former Hackensack bank stands where the tavern that fed Gen. Washington once stood
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoOpposite the northwest corner of the Hackensack Green, a 150-year-old former bank stands on hallowed...
On This Day, Dec. 19: Truck barrels into Berlin Christmas market killing 12
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoRescue workers inspect the truck that crashed into a Christmas market close to the Kaiser Wilhelm...