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:

    “There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.”
    —George Washington (1732–1799)

    “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)