Most people have at least heard about General George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776, but there is much, much more to the story. 

Author and historian William (Larry) Kidder will present an enlightening program about the almost daily Delaware River crossings by Washington’s troops during the month leading up to the famous crossing and serveral crossings after the Battle of Trenton.   Local militia troops stationed in the Yardley area played a large role in these crossings as did Yardley’s ferry. 

This expanded story will allow a better understanding of what made the Christmas crossing so important and the victory at Trenton possible. 

Larry Kidder, a retired high school history teacher, was enticed into his extensive Revolutionary War research more than 35 years ago when he was a volunteer at the Howell Living History Farm, in Hopewell, NJ.  Active in historical societies in Ewing and Hopewell, he has given many talks in New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He is a consultant to various historic sites including the William Trent House, the Old Barracks, Washington Crossing Historic Park (PA) and Washington Crossing State Park (NJ).  As a founding member of the non-profit  TenCrucialDays.org, he helps narrate full-day bus tours of the Ten Crucial Days sites.  

Kidder is the author of six books focusing on the American Revolution in the central New Jersey region and is working on a new book about the other Delaware River crossings.