Then came the river. The Delaware—icy, black, and swollen—stood between ruin and a second chance. In the dead of night, on December 25th, 1776, Washington led his weary men across.

The article 'Wine On The Waterfront' Raises A Glass To Washington Crossing Historic Park appeared first on Newtown Patch. WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA — The public is invited to attend Wine on the ...

The Independence Seaport Museum is creating the interactive piece, which will debut as part of America's 250th anniversary.

The Delaware River has played a pivotal role in American history — from George Washington’s famous crossing during the Revolutionary War to its role in powering the Industrial Revolution.

I love the story about George Washington commanding his Continental Army to take bubble baths in Neshaminy Creek during its ...

The origin of the word Yankee, the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" explained, and George Washington likely did stand while crossing the Delaware River. And other factoids about the American Revolution.

Project Washington would see 11 buildings developed on approximately 580 acres of vacant land between the Dupont Highway, Governor Lea Road, and River Road in New Castle, a city located on the ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A tractor-trailer cab crashed through a concrete barrier Friday and plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge into the Delaware River, authorities said. It wasn’t clear ...

For the Lenape Nation, an indigenous tribe in Pennsylvania, the Delaware River is their ancestral home and a place they come to pay their respects. Clan Mother Shelley Windamakwi DePaul and her ...

The Delaware Transit Corp., which operates the DART First State bus system, already pays approximately $10.6 million annually to SEPTA and Amtrak for the trains and the track in the state.