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US Independence Day
July 4, 2024
Tikalon is on a short
holiday in
celebration of
US Independence Day. Our next article will be posted on Monday, July 15, 2024.
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. In my version of this iconic image in American history, he encounters some unusually large water molecules.
George Washington (1732-1799), President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, was commander of the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
This river crossing occurred on the night of December 25-26, 1776, and it was the prelude to the December 26, 1776, surprise attack on Hessian mercenary troops fighting for Britain and garrisoned at Trenton, New Jersey.
(Base image, a Currier and Ives hand-colored lithograph at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession number 63.550.378, from the bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962, via Wikimedia Commons. Water molecule, a Wikimedia Commons image by Jynto. Click for larger image.)
Reference:
- Thomas Jefferson, "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America," July 4, 1776, via Project Gutenberg.
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