Christmas Night Crossing of the Delaware — The Turning Point
Christmas night, 1776. Washington leads 2,400 Continental soldiers across the ice-choked Delaware River for a surprise dawn attack on the Hessian garrison at Trenton. The board captures the frozen river crossing on one side and the snow-covered streets of Trenton on the other. Ice floes dot the dark water. Artillery pieces are loaded onto Durham boats. The Hessian barracks sit unsuspecting in the pre-dawn darkness. This is the moment that saved the Revolution.