[Flycatcher]

George Washington had some interesting tweets during that time.

#Delaware River cold. #hashtag And deep. @gwashington

[no-to-illegals]

I am happy to see I was not the only one reading George Washington’s tweets during that time. Heck, we might not have won had we not had tweeter.

[dr_lew]

I took a renewed interest in this event due to random circumstances that started with my "quarter collection"

We used to drive across the bridge at Washington's Crossing when I was a kid, and we joked that the snack stand there was where the Hessians were staying. I thought for a long time that the actual crossing was up river, but I now read that it was very close to the site currently commemerated.

So where were the Hessians? That site is commemerated as the Battle of Trenton by an impressive monument, which I've never seen even though I spent many years in the vicinity, even if I've never to my recollection actually set foot in the city of Trenton.

In fact, I only learned it existed in my recent internet investigation, and the monument has a history of its own.

Washington's crossing of the Delaware has passed into myth for us, but evidently it did happen very much as we imagine it, even if the painting is a little over the top.