The Washington's Crossing Sketch Book (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Washington's Crossing Sketch Book In planning for the improvement of the historic grounds traversed by George Washington and the Continental Troops at the critical turning point in the efforts of the United States to obtain freedom, it seemed best to arrange Washington Crossing Park so that it would recall as many of these stirring events as possible. The plan for this park contemplates a memorial bridge over the Delaware Eivcr at a point where the crossing of the troops from the Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore took place. This bridge will link the two states and form a part of a direct route from New York City to Philadelphia, for which reason it will be greatly appreciated. From the New Jersey end of this bridge, it is proposed to re-establish the line of march, leading from the old house, which Washington occupied during the transfer of troops across the river, to Bear Tavern. Avhere he stopped for refreshment. At this latter point, the army was divided, one detachment going, under Greene, via Pennington, and the other, under Sullivan, via the River Road, to Trenton. Along the line of mai ch. through the property which has been acquired by the Washington Crossing Park Commission, will be placed various mementoes of this event. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.