December 25, 1776 by coa

Vue • Humor • posted on Dec 27, 2005

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A little artistic license here as Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey in the dead of night during a snowstorm. Also crossing with Washington were James Madison, James Monroe, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton and future Chief Justice John Marshall. The crossing was completed by 3:00AM where they went on to Trenton to surprise the Hessian & British Troops there and at Princeton. These battles were the turning points of the American Revolution. So much for history...Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!! Daz; RDNA; Sams3D Comments and smiles always welcome! A BIG THANK YOU to everyone at Renderosity for all your support this past year and here's to another year of "mousecapades" to come!!! See you next year (Tuesday)!!!

Comments (48)

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Hisui

12:30PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Wonderful picture, as usual :o) Happy new year to you !

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Darthmagus

12:37PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Excellent scene and poses!

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SQS

12:40PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

I'm not last this time ;}} Looks like a much easier crossing now that the snow storm has left ;}} Thanks, Wendy for this wonderful year of smiles and chuckles. Looking forward to another ~V~

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lingrif

12:54PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Delightful as always! You've made my Tuesdays much better this past year (many thanks) - I'll be looking for your wonderful images in the next. Happy New Year!

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Junglegeorge

12:57PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Excellent historical render :-) Happy New Year Coa

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wabe

1:34PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Yeah, the elite troups cross the river - no wonder that this was the turning point! Looks excellent, even the snow storm is frightened! See you next Tuesday my friend and a Happy New Year to you and the guys!

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Rob2753

1:42PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Brilliant as always and I love the history lesson too :) these mice were so crafty ! ;)

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vilian

1:53PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Another wonderful lesson in history ! Great winter scenery and I just love the horsies !! Happy New Year to you too :)

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ppetersen

2:07PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Thank goodness the horses are there for them to ride after that boat trip... Excellent work as always Wendy, the added bit of history is perfect... another smile giver!!!!!

Mylo

2:23PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Love the art work.. Have you ever been to the site wherre he crossed? Nice place for a picnic lunch. Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sackrat

2:49PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Love those(Revolutionary)Mousies !

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Bernado

3:15PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Washington?! It looks like Mousington to me. 8-) I don't even see Aaron Purr. 8-) Fantastic composition. It looks like you didn't have the budget for the snowstorm, though. 8-) Great job as usual. Happy Mouse Year!!

dragonfly2000

3:39PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Mousington LOL! Very 'cool' work here Wendy.

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TwoPynts

3:51PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

thought I recognized our founding fathers! LOL, great closer for a great year. Seeya in 2006!

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Irish

3:55PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

LOL!! Love it...fantastic scenery but looks cold and frigid. Look forward to a new year full of mouse adventures!!

lebgary

4:05PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Love it, Wendy! Neat.

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DennisReed

4:35PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Awesome! Bravo on the render, and I had no idea it was on Christmas Day! Needless to say I did poorly in History! Had it been done with Art, I'm sure I would have had straight A's ;)

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Petra-S

4:36PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Wonderful super scene!

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webdancer

4:42PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

I love it! Great job and outstanding characters!

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Bea

4:49PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Moustery rules :) :)

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deevee

4:57PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Outstanding crativity! Superb image!!!

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dissect

5:42PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Excellent work! Love the pov and costumes :)

Samhain74

6:52PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Sweet,one of my very favourite paintings.Good you know about he Hessian mercenaries,you know your history(; See you next year-Tuesday.

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sittingblue

7:52PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

a sweet pic... a great tribute as well.

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spider1313

7:52PM | Tue, 27 December 2005

Another little known fact is that after the battle at Princeton, the guys were lucky enough to catch a Princeton/Penn football game and there they invented the tailgate party! Errrr, maybe not tho...LOL! Great stuff, comradette and seeing as how all the principals are no longer with us?... who's to argue with you on the liberties taken here in this one '-"? Super job on getting ALL these guys in AND this water came out verrrrry cold '-)!!

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