My 5th great grand father, Seth Hoyt, fought at Trenton and was one of the men that volunteered to stay on to fight at Princeton.

@TheMagnaficent

Жыл бұрын

You must be so proud of that

@dillfunk9479

Жыл бұрын

That is so cool, I’d be so proud

@dillfunk9479

Жыл бұрын

Any relation to the hunting bow company Hoyt?

@retiredguyadventures6211

Жыл бұрын

@@dillfunk9479 Never heard of them but it would not surprise me if we were distantly related. Most, if not all, of the Hoyts in America are descended from either Simon Hoyt who came to America in 1628 or a John Hoyt who my have been a son of Simon's. They are the earliest Hoyts recorded in America.

@dillfunk9479

Жыл бұрын

@@retiredguyadventures6211 so cool

The amount of suffering these men went through is hard to imagine.

@mantarayasurf

Жыл бұрын

and people today get offended by bs ! SMH

I grew up a block away from the Delaware River and would always think of the crossing when we would fish or swim in it. The bravery and sheer audacity of it always made me proud to be an American.

@songxiawu7324

Жыл бұрын

u can't imagine how I envy for having Washington as ur general.-a USA loving Chinese.

I lived a couple miles away from Washington's Crossing Pennsylvania for years. I loved the reenactment. This is also one of the most gorgeous areas in the USA. I love Bowman's tower. This is a very special place. Trenton is a special place too. I was born in Princeton. This is a wonderful place where the United States was coming into fruition.

Today I visited the location where he crossed the river, at the Washington Crossing State Park north of Trenton. It was so cool imagining it happening and walking in his footsteps

Nicely Done, enjoyed!!!

My family's from Philly, I was born and raised in Bensalem, Lower Bucks County, PA. About half way between Independent Hall and Washington's Crossing. General John Cadwalader tried crossing in Bensalem at Dunk's Ferry Crossing, which is now Neshaminy State Park. We still have a road called Dunksferry. The dangerous part was trying to get heavy horses, canon, artillery, ball, shot, and powder across the fast-moving and deadly cold water.

My fifth grandfather, Jacob Carr was with Washington at Trenton and Princeton.

them drums and flutes in the background are 🔥

Great video, the host did a fantastic job

"On paper", General Washington and his troops had no chance of victory - but he wouldn't quit.

@Wolfsbane909

6 ай бұрын

that why even after being forced out of York, he still went and rallied the true patriots for an decisive battle at trenton. it was just called "York" i think back then.

Great video. Thank you.

It was at this moment that everyone realized who there secret Santa was.

If Washington could have seen into the future at what America is now, he probably would have jumped into the river.

To wrench liberty from the British was something of a miracle. There must have been an angel on our shoulder. .

Fridged Death at Valley Forge, ice flows down the Delaware River. All backdrop, to the apex of the 'Little Ice Age"!

Thank you.

Absolutely love this video and appreciate your detail, however I disagree with you on one thing. Being in the army for a long time I’ve seen many leaders do things that were a little unsafe In order to enhance the morale of theirtroops. I could absolutely, realistically see Washington standing up on that boat to deny any inner sissy

We visited when I was at a conference in Philly. I was surprised that it is just two small state parks. This is a key battle in the fight for Freedom it should be a national park on the level of Gettysburg!

Currently reading "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer, great so far. Have read his "Paul Revere's Ride" which was excellent.

First viewer! I visited this site during one summer. Nice location for a family outing.

Heck yeah. Thank you for the history lesson

It was actually shocking to see how small the Delaware River actually is when I was driving down through New Jersey. If it hadn't been for the wonders of modern GPS, I honestly would have honestly thought I was in the wrong spot.

Want to point out one detail i didn't hear mentioned. He ordered 3crossings his was the only one that made across. So his nmubers probably weren't as high as suspected.

Washington was a badass.

So interesting after reading The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer.

Born an Live in Philadelphia Not far from Independence Hall. My 7th Grandfather Fought under the Command of General Washington. SGT,..2nd New Jersey Continental Line, Continental Regulars, 1777- 1781, Battle Of Brandywine, Mustered Out. Giving a Land Grant by General Washington.

Such a heroic act of bravery from men who wanted their new country to survive slavery. I wonder if Washington sent some commando's out front of his attacking force to intercept anyone who would alert Corn Wallace to their attack? What suffering those men had to endure?

@JohnLoogleman

Ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking

George stood like that the entire trip. I know, I was there. I am a time traveler.

Nah fam he was standing at the bow like the forest fox George really was

But fot the 5 thousand, would we have our Nation? Now think what 550 thousand can do to save it again.

My man you’re acting like he crossed the Atlantic. It’s a quarter mile. Chill out

I can only imagine that if I showed George Washington how America would end up until the present day I'm sure he would have ordered his men to turn the ship right around and let the British rule America I tbh wouldn't mind drinking tea at noon and having crumpets

@tangible959

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me if the continental army would have lost, a failed revolution would cause British to bring less developments to the area and exploit their resources, they wouldn't get the same freedom as they had before and the american infrastructure would be delayed by at least a decade, they would have the same infrastructure such as the likes of Egypt, India and Australia, which isn't bad but definitely not where America is right now!!

@geraldthebusdriver3491

2 жыл бұрын

@@tangible959 yeah but at least the British seem to have more class than Americans do at this point

@tony_anello

2 жыл бұрын

@@geraldthebusdriver3491 There's as much degeneracy in the UK as there is in the US right now

@geraldthebusdriver3491

2 жыл бұрын

@@tony_anello really?!

@TheMagnaficent

2 жыл бұрын

No he wouldn’t why do I think that America is great today

dam George washington was a buzz kill huh? lol jk

Lucky the British didn't have face masks or America would have lost this war.

Yeah Washington was overrated

He was on a rraft with men and a cannon.