National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

BY DECEMBER OF 1776 THE CONTINENTAL ARMY HAD WITHDRAWN IN DISARRAY INTO PENNSYLVANIA. THE BRITISH WERE CONFIDENT THAT IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE GENERAL WASHINGTON CAPITULATED. THEN IN A REMARKABLE TURN OF EVENTS, ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND THE DAY FOLLOWING, THE AMERICAN FORCES REGROUPED AND LAUNCHED A SURPRISE COUNTER-ATTACK ON TRENTON, THEREBY INFUSING NEW LIFE INTO THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE AND CHANGING THE COURSE OF THE WAR.