He made it! Wifedido and I went to the re-enactment of Washington's Christmas day crossing, just a few miles up the road here. For the past three years, too much precipitation has raised the river level and increased the current, making it unsafe so the intrepid Founding Father has been stuck in Pennsylvania - leaving the survival of our fledgling democratic experiment in limbo - but he made it across this year to press our cause forward. It was a lot of fun - especially listening to the "real" story of the Betsy Ross flag from the NJ reenactors - and this event is a neat little Christmas tradition if you're stuck here for a long time.
For a good account of Washington's Crossing, read David Hackett Fischer's book. (Aside: Fischer also wrote another of my favorite books, Albion's Seed).
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