Events On Both Sides Of The Delaware Commemorate The Crossing

UPPER MAKEFIELD, PA — Occasions celebrating George Washington’s daring 1776 Christmas night time crossing of the Delaware River will happen on either side of the Delaware River on Sunday, Dec 11 in Washington Crossing, PA and Washington Crossing, NJ.

On the Pennsylvania facet, hundreds are anticipated to collect on the banks of the Delaware River to look at the reenactment of the river crossing. Throughout the occasion, a number of hundred re-enactors in Continental navy gown hearken to an inspiring speech by Normal Washington after which row throughout the river in duplicate Durham boats.

The general public can watch the re-enactment on Sunday, December 11 from 11 a.m. to three p.m. (precise crossing at roughly 1 p.m.). Along with the crossing, particular colonial-era actions and demonstrations all through the historic village will present households with a full day of enjoyable and studying.

Value to attend the December 11 crossing is $8 for adults, $4 for youngsters ages 5 to 11, and free for these underneath 5. Household charge is $20 for 2 adults and two kids. Tickets can be found at WashingtonCrossingPark.org/cross-with-us. Proceeds from this reenactment assist future applications within the park.

The seventieth annual Christmas Day crossing will happen from midday to three p.m. on December 25 (precise crossing at roughly 1 p.m.). The Christmas Day crossing is free, and it is suggested that guests arrive properly earlier than 1 p.m. to make sure a very good place alongside the viewing line.

River crossings are contingent upon secure circumstances for members. Nonetheless, even when circumstances don’t enable for crossing, ceremonies, speeches and commemorative actions nonetheless happen.

Throughout the river on Sunday, Dec. 11 Washington Crossing State Park, New Jersey presents a free occasion, “Washington’s Touchdown in New Jersey.”

From 10 a.m. to three p.m., park historians, the Washington Crossing Park Affiliation, the First Rhode Island Regiment and different New Jersey-based reenactor teams will give the general public a possibility to expertise each the Crossing and the March to Trenton by way of the eyes of the women and men who lived it.

The encampment will happen on the New Jersey park’s “Overlook,” subsequent to the historic Johnson Ferry Home, with a view of the river beneath. Reenactors will patrol the decrease park, encouraging guests to undertake a quick “march” over the park’s pedestrian bridge and as much as the Overlook, the place cozy fires, sizzling cider, and expert reenactors will regale them with tales of the wealthy historical past that occurred in Mercer County. Particular efforts shall be made to interact the youngest guests within the hope of sparking their curiosity in New Jersey historical past.