# AC168 - 12/25/1976 USA, Washington Crosses the Delaware
Cover Commemorates Washington's Famous River Crossing
This Official Cover, from the New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission, pays tribute to General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. His Continental Army troops surprised and defeated the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey. The cover features a detail from the famous painting of the event by artist Emanuel Leutze.
Cover Commemorates Washington's Famous River Crossing
This Official Cover, from the New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission, pays tribute to General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. His Continental Army troops surprised and defeated the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey. The cover features a detail from the famous painting of the event by artist Emanuel Leutze.