Remembering George Washington’s New Year’s Victory Over the British at Princeton

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Remembering George Washington’s New Year’s Victory Over the British at Princeton

Kevin Mooney / December 30, 2016

PRINCETON, N.J.—What began as a retreat from battle-hardened, bayonet-wielding British soldiers 240 years ago, Gen. George Washington reorganized into a counterattack after arriving with well-armed reinforcements in a place known as Maxwell’s Field.

This battleground in Princeton, New Jersey, is where the U.S. War of Independence reached a critical turning point.

“Parade with us, my brave fellows!” Washington is said to have called out to his troops, “and we will have them directly.”

A tall and imposing figure even by today’s standards, Washington was “an easy mark for any British soldier” while mounted on his white horse, historian David Hackett Fischer recounts in his book “Washington’s Crossing.”

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[Gefn]

Princeton battlefield is one of my most favorite places in the world to walk around or chillax and read a book in the springtime.

[rangerrebew]

Princeton battlefield is one of my most favorite places in the world to walk around or chillax and read a book in the springtime.

I've never been there but have visited Valley Forge and had the same sort of feeling you expressed.