On Christmas Night, America's Fate Hung in the Balance

ON CHRISTMAS in 1776, with the Continental Army at its lowest ebb, George Washington stood on the icy banks of the Delaware River and launched a last-ditch effort to keep the American Revolution alive. He ordered his ragged, under-supplied soldiers into a flotilla of shallow freight boats and ferries, and began a hazardous crossing into New Jersey, fighting a severe winter storm and a river clogged with floating ice. About 2,400 men followed him, pushing with aching slowness through the freezing wind and snow. Read Full Article »