Day 5
Your guide today is Robert Morris.
Day 5: New Windsor, NY - Washington Crossing - Valley Forge - Philadelphia, PA
Departure to Washington Crossing in the Pennsylvania side, were we will see where General George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776 and then marched to Trenton. Here, after losing every major battle since the Declairation of Independence and with a volunteer army about to released from their year of service, Washington orchistrated an epic plan to defeate the British hired Hessian forces without losing a single American soldier. We continue our way to King of Prussia, were Valley Forge is located, enjoy lunch on own before visiting Valley Forge, site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army. We continue our way to Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love which was created by William Pen as the center of his utopia for religious freedom for America. Dinner at the award winning City Tavern, home to famous Chef Walter Staib, creator of the PBS series "A Taste of History". Overnight in Albany (B,D).




