Washington Crossing

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:

    “Mrs. Sneed and her daughter, Miss Austine Sneed, are visiting us—Washington correspondents of excellent character.... We are much interested in their accounts of Washington affairs. Nothing could be further from our desire than to return to Washington and again enter its whirl, either socially or politically, but we are interested in seeing Washington with the roof off.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-gorsy Common enhanced. Nothing since has equalled that birdlike freedom.”
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)