This painting is in the Met in NYC. It is worth a trip. Huge -- it takes up an entire wall. Formal structure grabs you. Amazing detail. The other boats in the back are much more apparent. I heard someone say that the painting "fills you up".
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Merry Christmas Prof. Beschloss. Many thanks for posting the wonderful photos.
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Future President James Monroe next to WAshington holding the flag. He will be severely wounded in the battle and never recover enough to rejoin the army.
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I never knew that. Thanks!
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I’ve read the unusual icing of the river portrayed in this painting may be attributed to the “Little Ice Age” that affected the northern hemisphere between roughly 1350 and 1850. A convergence of history, science and art.
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What a beautiful picture!
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He was on his way to say Merry Christmas to the British.
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Even bone spurs couldn't stop President Washington!
@lauferlaw@TrueFactsStated@LouiseMensch@ironstach#TheResistance#ResistanceUnited
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Those German mercenaries weren't going to kill themselves.


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I'm sorry if this triggers any Trumpkins, or Russian trolls, but the 'stars and stripes' didn't exist until nearly a year after Christmas 1776. The actual flag a victorious General Washington hoisted on New Year's day 1777 looked like
pic.twitter.com/yriFC3Fy9p
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Just as an historical note, I grew up near Washington’s Crossing and have never seen the Delaware River choked with such a volume of ice.
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Climate of the Middle Atlantic Region then was considerably colder, similar to winters in Quebec. The "hard winter" of 1779-1780 even worse.https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2016/01/23/the-hard-winter-of-1779-1780/ …
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Fascinating. Thanks for details. But German painter in next century?
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I grew up in Washington Crossing and the river was filled with ice after the blizzard of 96' froze over. Chunks were hitting Delaware bridge
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Don’t stand up in rowboats people.
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Ahh, American mythology.
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Actually, 19th-century German mythology!
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That too!
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