Washington Crosses the Delaware

Posted by Ruthiebear (Titusville, NJ, United States) on 3 July 2012 in Landscape & Rural.

Happy Silly Tuesday! Here is the bridge at Washington Crossing. Tomorrow being 4th of July, I thought it would be appropriate to post a piece of Revolutionary War history.
Ruthie : I do not know why Washington had to use those little boats to cross the river on that cold, icy, snowy night in 1776, when they could have just used this bridge to get across.
Johnny S: I do not even know where to begin to explain...
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Comments (34)

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Superbe cpatage de ce pont quelle perspective et armature métallique.
Amitié

3 Jul 2012 5:23am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Superb idea, why get wet. Happy Silly Tuesday

3 Jul 2012 6:55am

tataray from france, France

Jolie géométrie, et contraste entre la pierre et métal))

3 Jul 2012 7:14am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

HST 2 u 2 ...........

3 Jul 2012 7:38am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

Happy ST!

3 Jul 2012 8:15am

gerard1948 from Santiago de Compostela, Spain

A nice view of the bridge. Superb framing.

3 Jul 2012 8:16am

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

I guess the boat made for a better photo - um... I mean painting op. Happy Silly Tuesday!

3 Jul 2012 12:00pm

Don Levesque from Saint John, Canada

It looked more historical crossing the river in a boat.
Happy ST Ruthiebear!

3 Jul 2012 12:20pm

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

Happy Silly Tuesday

3 Jul 2012 12:48pm

thami from Fès, Morocco

Comme il fait très chaud aujourd'hui chez moi, je vais tenter la traversée à la nage!
Bonne journée lumineuse!

3 Jul 2012 12:58pm

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

A fantastic bridge.

3 Jul 2012 1:12pm

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Great shot. History has some puzzling moments!

3 Jul 2012 1:18pm

Lena from San Francisco, United States

Excellent frame. nice photo.

3 Jul 2012 2:32pm

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

Very beautiful diagonal composition... I like it ! Have a lovely day :)

3 Jul 2012 2:58pm

Slackwater - Don from Spokane, United States

I like your viewpoint for this fine bridge shot. An interesting question too.

3 Jul 2012 3:06pm

Mhelene from Paris, France

Superb composition !

3 Jul 2012 3:11pm

Irene from San Francisco, United States

I like how you have this framed.

3 Jul 2012 3:21pm

crazy Steve from caln township, Pennsylvania, United States

Maybe the Hessians and British had control of the bridge? LOL
Happy Independence Day in advance.

3 Jul 2012 4:03pm

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

Nice perspective shot. I like the framing branches.

3 Jul 2012 5:44pm

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

Nice perspective shot. I like the framing branches.

3 Jul 2012 5:45pm

omid from mashhad, Iran

very nice & beautiful!

3 Jul 2012 6:02pm

Martine from bousval, Belgium

Très bien vu!!!!

3 Jul 2012 6:08pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

I love it! A very funny storyline! They had to use the boats to make it more dramatic since they were making a historic moment! Wonderful POV! It provides great detail on the structure of the bridge. Happy ST!

3 Jul 2012 7:46pm

maximage from Mase, Switzerland

Nice perspective shot. I like the framing.
Interesting question too, probably nobody knows why ?

3 Jul 2012 8:13pm

Nelida De La Fuente from Tres Arroyos, Argentina

Interesting capture of the bridge where he developed important facts of a battle between your country and Great Britain, good colors. regards

3 Jul 2012 8:41pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A beautiful bridge captured from a fine angle.

3 Jul 2012 9:10pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

fine diagonal lines

3 Jul 2012 9:41pm

Baldwin VW from Bejuma, Venezuela

Maybe they were not smart enough and didn't know how to use the bridge ;-))) Fabulous shot of this beautiful and interesting structure !!! Happy ST ..

3 Jul 2012 10:49pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Great repetitive diagonal lines! A beautifully framed and composed shot! ;-)

3 Jul 2012 11:01pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

I guess a painting of Washington crossing a bridge and not in the prow of the boat would not be as effective.

4 Jul 2012 12:01am

Sue-Ann from Quebec, Canada

nice and funny story... HST

4 Jul 2012 2:34am

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

Wonderful photo and great story to go along with it. I think Washington just wanted the photo . . . err, painting op. :-))

4 Jul 2012 2:47am

Julie L. Brown from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Nice study in patterns, Ruthie.

4 Jul 2012 2:39pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

An excellent perspective captured for this shot! It adds incredible depth to this composition! I never thought George would want to drive a Toyota across. :-)

5 Jul 2012 9:43pm