Wow they must be freezing, very historical lol

They had good cameras back then!

Let's go! Kill those hung over Hessians.

New Jersey. Where if you start trouble we'll shoot you in your sleep on Christmas.

I don't blame them for taking a boat. The Washington Crossing Bridge is so frickin' narrow, I scratched the mirror on my dinky Honda Fit on there.

is this a duplicate account for u/JKastnerPhoto

In the 1770s, the winters were exceptionally cold.

In 1778-79, Washington was encamped at Morristown. They had about 20 blizzards that winter. That's more than one per week.

It's still the same me. That account keeps getting flagged for spam and I had a permaban (that was resolved). Perhaps it's time for a fresh start.

For the first time since I moved so close to the Delaware there is actually ice on the river during Christmas. So they they finally got to do a historically accurate (cold) reenactment.

The original was in black and white tho

Not to mention half of the soldiers did this operation without shoes over the course of several days

Is this from today? My grandmother used to live in Trenton a few blocks from where they reenacted this every Christmas morning, and my uncle would take us down to watch.

And drones

FYI the Hessians weren't hung over, they were TIRED, because the NJ militia had been harrassing them without mercy. GW knew this and took advantage. There was a storm that night which provided a screen for them so that they were practically on them before they knew what was up.

Love it! I definitely want to get there for the reenactment one of these years. I bet 2026 will be wild.

you can find the second half of this photo in the delaware subreddit

I need a tricorn hat.

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I bought great history tshirt for this time of year (Washington Crossing the Delaware -Jersey) ‘Americans. Will cross a frozen river at Christmas to kill you in your sleep. Not kidding. We have done it before.’

I ALWAYS forget to go to this. And I live only one town away. The only year I managed to remember, they canceled it.

Why do we pretend like it was the Atlantic. Its like a quarter mile wide where he crossed. He probably didn't have enough time to button all the buttons on his jacket.

They had shoes: snow shoes

We were gonna go this year but decided it was too cold.

This was taken from space back then. Only recently got a copy

Is this a real pic?

Awww...racism

Historically accurate picture

time to go murder some Hessians

Looks real

"There’s only one way for us to win this , Provoke outrage,... outright, Don’t engage, strike by night Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight

Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight Outrun, Outlast Hit ‘em quick, get out fast ,

Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past

We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast"

Asking the same question because the Delaware had chunks of ice in it as of 10am this morning when I drove by, and I don’t see any in this shot.

... that was the joke.

LOL, I have family that live right down the street from that bridge but my husband hates it so much that when we visit from Brooklyn we go over 202 and drive through New Hope to avoid it.

It is.

Or perhaps I have a great time machine.

This was from 2015. It was a fairly warm day that year.

This was from 2015. It was a warm day.

Ooooo Nice photo. :)

Let's all find a happy german who has been celebrating christmas, drunk and happy . . . and then stab him with a bayonet while he sleeps

Raise a glass!

I've been wanting to see this for a few years. Awesome shot

Wasn’t it 79-80?

There were 4 that were similarly bad... Washington was in Morristown several winters

79-80 was the particularly bad one though. Looks like he was in middlebrook for 78-79