Washington Crossing the Delaware.Engraving by Paul Giradet after Emanuel Gottilieb Leutze, 1853, depicting George Washington leading the Continental Army across the Delaware River on December 25, 1776, for a surprise attack on the enemy troops at Trenton. From the Willard-Budd Collection at Mount Vernon.

Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Engraving by Paul Giradet after Emanuel Gottilieb Leutze, 1853, depicting George Washington leading the Continental Army across the Delaware River on December 25, 1776, for a surprise attack on the enemy troops at Trenton. From the Willard-Budd Collection at Mount Vernon.