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Merry Christmas

Started by artkat2, December 26, 2011, 12:33:40 AM

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artkat2

Merry Christmas California!

Hope to see some of you on the line next year!
I do regard with horror a state of affairs which would make our country both unready and unwilling to defend its honor.
George S. Patton jr

SavageShootr

"Listen to everyone, read everything, and don't believe anything unless you can prove it."' B.C.
"It isn't like it is life or death...it is more important than that." MrPete

TruckinMike

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SOM SOM (big smile)

...During the night of December 25, Washington led his troops across the ice-swollen Delaware about 9 miles north of Trenton. The weather was horrendous and the river treacherous. Raging winds combined with snow, sleet and rain to produce almost impossible conditions. To add to the difficulties, a significant number of Washington's force marched through the snow without shoes...

see http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/washingtondelaware.htm for more

and here http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/24/nyregion/24PAINTING-1/24PAINTING-1-blog480.jpg for a more accurate painting of the crossing.

Merry Christmas,

and Thank you,

TruckinMike