With the Continental Army threatening to dissolve around him, General George Washington led the remnants of his army across the icy Delaware River on Christmas night 1776 and routed a Hessian garrison at Trenton.

The subsequent victories at the Battles of Second Trenton and Princeton secured Washington's place as one of the greatest generals in world history.

The Crucial Revolutionary War Battles Of Princeton and Trenton


Rick Atkinson, best-selling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, explores two crucial battles of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War Theater 4D Experience

This immersive movie experience traces General Washington's important military victories at Boston, Trenton, and Yorktown. See it in the 4-D theater in the Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center at Mount Vernon.

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