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Christmas gifts to a nation Washingtons battles and monuments
A meditation on historic Christmas gifts to the United States. Washingtons Delaware crossing, Valley Forge hardships, his resignations, and monuments at Mount Vernon and in Washington are framed as enduring national gifts. The article traces the 1776 victory, 1783 farewell, and later memorials, plus Ghent peace and notable humanitarian gifts like Clara Barton’s Red Cross leadership.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Washington
McConkey
Delaware
Boston
Charleston
Long Island
New York City
Fort Washington
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Canada
Newport
New England
Middle States
Lord Cornwallis
England
Thomas Paine
Nberty
Ball
Cornwallis
Trenton
Jose
Saratoga
Valley Forge
George Washington
Fraunces Tavern
Statehouse
Annapolis
Continental Congress
Continental Army
John O. Mizpatrick
Bobba-Merrill Company
Annapoliy
Mount Vernon
Benjamin Walker
David Cobb
David Humphreys
Philadelphia
Custis
John Marshall
United States
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States
National Monument Society
Congress
Ghent
Russia
Great Britain
France
South Carolina
Madison
James Bayard
Albert Gallatin
John Quincy Adams
St Petersburg
Belgium
Jonathan Tinsell
Henry Clay
Adams
Gallatin
America
Plattsburg
Europe
Newfoundland
Lindsey Carson
Madison County
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Stanley Vestal
Barton
Oxford
Mass
Pather Barton
Anthony" Wayne
Army of the Potomac
Andersonville
Bureau of Records
Geneva
Red Cross Society
Arthur
Sociery
Sycc
Ohio
Mississippi
Clara Burton
Stedl Cross
Tyaster Coday
Clara
Michigan