Washington's Crossing Christmas Reenactment On December 25, 2010

It was a fine day on this Saturday morning ... very conducive for a successful Reenactment. Equally successful to the weather was the turn out. There must have been thousands of spectators and enthusiasts in attendance to witness this fifty-eighth annual Crossing of the Delaware River in honor of the Revolutionary Patriots. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the bridge that links the two had sizable crowds lined up in the bitter cold of this December day.







The first boat:




You can see a cannon in the top middle of the photo (it was periodically firing during the Crossing):


The second boat:


The third boat featuring General George Washington performed by John Godzieba (with a fourth boat by the dock):




This is a great shot right here:




Marching after reaching New Jersey:


Check out the clay pipe in his hat:




Washington about to give a speech at the podium:


One cannon on the Pennsylvania side:


Another cannon:


The brochure promoting the event - you will note the spelling of Washington Crossing in the old (olde) style (Wafhington Croffing):


More photographs of the day can be seen at this link: http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u213/portaltothepast/Reenactments/Revolutionary%20War/Washingtons%20Crossing%2012-25-2010

Video clips of the Reenactment can be found on my youtube page through using the search term "Crossing". Here is the url - http://www.youtube.com/user/michaeltheresearcher