Washington Crossing may refer to:
Places:
- Washington's Crossing, the location in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, a U.S. National Historic Landmark
- Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville, New Jersey
- Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
- Washington Crossing Historic Park, Pennsylvania
- Washington Crossing Bridge
A historical event:
- Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, a famous American Revolutionary War event that took place on the night of December 25–26, 1776
Art and literature about the event:
- Washington Crossing the Delaware, a painting commemorating the crossing
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet), a sonnet by David Schulman about the scene in the painting
- Washington's Crossing (book), a book by David Hackett Fischer
- The Crossing (2000 film), an A&E television movie starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington
Famous quotes containing the words washington and/or crossing:
“Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why dont they take up their own causes and obvious needs?”
—Dorothy Thompson (18941961)
“Bodhidharma sailing the Yangtze on a reed
Lenin in a sealed train through Germany
Hsuan Tsang, crossing the Pamirs
Joseph, Crazy Horse, living the last free
starving high-country winter of their tribes.
Surrender into freedom revolt into slavery”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
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