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April 09, 2006
Crossing the Delaware
Shortly after we moved to New Jersey my sons, especially Theo, became quite fascinated with George Washington. I think it started with the President's Day unit at their school and increased when we visited Valley Forge back in February. Theo's birthday present request to my mother was a George Wasington action figure.
Last week at the libary Henry picked out When Washington Crossed the Delaware : A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots. It not only covers the crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton but also goes on to cover the Battle of Princeton which occurred 9 days later. At the back of my mind I kind of remembered some of the facts of this part of American History, but it was when reading this book I realized we were now very close to the locations of these events. So of course we just had to visit Washington Crossing State Park on the New Jersey side. We then crossed the Delaware ourselves and visited the Pennsylvania side. I'll let you know when we visit the battlefield sites.
Here is where Washington and his troops crossed the river.
As a post script, I was a little dismayed when I saw that the book was written by Lynne Cheney. We're not exactly fans of the Cheney family in this house. But I do have to say it was very well written. I thought it was interesting and the boys could easily understand it.
At least it was a library book; she'll get no royalty money out of us!
Posted by Julee at April 9, 2006 09:02 PM
Comments
Not a fan of the Cheneys or the Bushes in my world either ;) You do the coolest things with your kids!
Posted by: Lisa at April 10, 2006 10:04 PM
That is so awesome that he's actually able to do "living history". Definitely inspiring me for the future. Lol about the book's author.
Posted by: Yolanda at April 10, 2006 10:39 PM