On the night of December 25, 1776, General George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River. They launched a surprise attack on Hessian forces in New Jersey. The Hessians were hired German soldiers who fought for the British. This was a key moment in the American Revolution. It was made famous in a painting by Emanuel Leutze.. The historical reenactment of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is held every December in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Thousands of spectators gather along the riverbank to watch.

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A 1777 map of the Delaware River area by William Faden depicting the route Washington and his Continental Army troops made during the complex and covert crossing of the river. Washington encamped his Continental Army near McConkey's Ferry in present-day Upper Makefield Township, not far from the crossing site.Washington at first took quarters across the river from Trenton, but on December 15.. Delaware River, river of the Atlantic slope of the United States, meeting tidewater at Trenton, New Jersey, about 130 miles (210 km) above its mouth. Its total length is about 405 miles (650 km).. Washington Crossing the Delaware, oil on canvas by Emanuel Leutze, 1851; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. It depicts George.