Newly discovered rare photo of George Washington crossing

[Lint Head]

the Savannah River headed to Fort Sumter in South Carolina after the burning of Atlanta to meet up with General George Patton to free the slaves prior to attending the Spoleto Festival in Charleston.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Old George got around...

[JenniferJuniper]

2. Wow. I thought they only had B&W photos in his day.

great find

[PJMcK]

26. Hollywood colorized it (n/t)

[SchrodingersCatbox]

41. The photos were color

But the world was b&w, like Kansas in the wizard of oz

[central scrutinizer]

43. Further explanation

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Fake. Where's Fred Douglass? NT

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Donald Trump's history is almost as good as Sarah Palin's.

[progressoid]

6. Oh for the days when we could joke about idiots NOT getting into the White House.

[GallopingGhost]

8. Now known as the good old days. n/t

[Sancho]

5. Is that Fryer Tuck with the staff wearing a pussy hat?

[Lint Head]

37. It's Mrs. Tuck.

[GallopingGhost]

7. Washington isn't wearing an

American flag pin.

That is just upside-downright unpatriotic.

[nevergiveup]

9. I am waiting for the video.

I am sure Fox News is scrambling to find it.

[Ron Obvious]

10. I think I might have spotted the flaw in this account.

But maybe I'm too cynical.

[kwassa]

11. Nah, I've been to that re-enactment ....

Multiple times in freezing Christmastime weather. Washington's Crossing, PA. About half a mile north of where I-95 crosses the Delaware River.

I don't know why Washington didn't just take the interstate.

[onethatcares]

16. because

the Christie administration had the lanes blocked.

[deurbano]

18. I went to that once! In 1977, when I was living in Vermont (I usually live in CA),

I drove down to Titusville (or something like that), NJ, so my daughter and I could spend Christmas with a friend from CA who was going to graduate school in NJ... and she took us to the reenactment. She also took us to Valley Forge, and it seemed like a (too!) good time of year to get a feel for the "winter at Vally Forge" experience.

[kwassa]

19. Yes, it is Titusville.

I have relatives in the area. Washington's Crossing is the little town across the river, which you can see in the background of this photo.

[louis-t]

21. Or jet skis.

[crazycatlady]

42. One year (68?) Washington did not cross the Delaware

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. The pole bearer & the center flag commemorate the Bowling Green Massacre. . . nt

[brooklynite]

13. Did this happen before or after the Bowling Green massacre?

[crazylikafox]

14. Send it to Donald. We'll probably hear about it in tomorrow AM's tweetstorm

[Mountain Mule]

15. Didn't Andrew Jackson write the Declaration of Independence the very next day?

I think Dred Scott helped with the Bill of Rights part.

(I don't know whether to laugh or cry over Dumbf's ignorant remarks)

[PJMcK]

28. It wasn't ol' Red

That was Fredrick Douglass.

[Ilsa]

17. I think I see Andrew Jackson and Abe Lincoln on that boat!

When does DT get his neurological tests?

[L. Coyote]

20. Trump may soon claim he was on that boat too. Dementia is progressive.

[Lint Head]

33. Thanks! I forgot to mention that.

[Kaleva]

22. Finally, proof that George Washington was well endowed.

Even in cold weather, his manhood is evident.

[underpants]

29. Fox News says it's proof that George leaned right

[Lint Head]

36. He wanted to check the depth of the river personally.

[rzemanfl]

40. That's a gun in his pocket. n/t

[Historic NY]

23. Where you get your history from Donald Trump...

[aikoaiko]

24. Spoleto is wondeful.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

50. Everything about Charleston is wonderful

Wonderful old houses, great seafood, wide beaches (with warm water courtesy of the Gulf Stream), and Southern hospitality.

Makes me wonder why I left for SoCal.

[klook]

25. He could see Putin's House from his boat!

This episode is recounted in "12 Years in a Gulag" by Frederick Douglass--the story of his enslavement by the Roosevelt family and his subsequent emancipation by Ronald Reagan's famous Berlin Wall Proclamation.

[LaydeeBug]

27. They're going to Bowling Green next. Never remember. nt

[Lint Head]

35. That image of Bowling Green and all those people never haunts me.

[LaydeeBug]

38. Hear a Survivor Speak:

[liberal N proud]

30. American History according to Butternut Bigot

[Lint Head]

34. Butternut Bigot! Love it.

[MrPurple]

31. Maybe the re-enectors are just completing their Trump University Am. History PhD thesis n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. Is that a Viking at the bow of the boat?

Must be Leif Ericson.

[rzemanfl]

39. That explains why they could wear red hats without fear of being mistaken for the

British.

[boston bean]

44. Wasn't he also at the Alamo?

[Lint Head]

45. You're right! But I think all the photographs were confiscated by the German army.

[Stinky The Clown]

46. That was the Colorado River. Geese. Let's get our facts right.

Think of the alternatives.

[Demtexan]

47. He is trying to sound smart.

Not working to well.

To bad he missed history and civics in school.

We had one year of civics and years of history in school.

[dalton99a]

48. As reenacted in North Korea:

[AgadorSparticus]

49. I am pretty sure that was immediately after the bowling Green massacre

[Throck]

51. Bullshit, fake photo

Everyone knows Washington would of had an Evinrude.

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

52. HA!!!!

I half read the caption, and when I clicked on this, I was expecting a news story.

I just let out the loudest "whoop!" of laughter in my office. THIS. IS. HILARIOUS!!!!!!

[Lint Head]

53. Ha!

[mnhtnbb]

54. Hey! We're going to the Spoleto Festival this year. Maybe we'll see old George!

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There is a plaque on a house in Charleston indicating George Washington stayed there. I'll have to look through my photos of past visits to Spoleto and see if I can find it.

Here is my husband in front of the Heyward/Washington house in Charleston in 2012.



http://www.charlestonmuseum.org/historic-houses/heyward-washington-house/

[Lint Head]

55. Thanks! I love seeing this. I was born and raised in South Carolina.