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Washington's Reception By The Ladies, On Passing The Bridge At Trenton, N.J., April, 1789 On His Way To Be Inaugurated First President Of The United States – Historic Print

Washington's Reception By The Ladies, On Passing The Bridge At Trenton, N.J., April, 1789 On His Way To Be Inaugurated First President Of The United States, c. 1845 — historic image
Washington's Reception By The Ladies, On Passing The Bridge At Trenton, N.J., April, 1789 On His Way To Be Inaugurated First President Of The United States, c. 1845. Historic image from the Washington collection.

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The ladies of Trenton, dressed in white, greeted Washington at the Assunpink Creek bridge on April 21, 1789, as he traveled north to New York for his inauguration. A triumphal arch they raised bore a line honoring him as the defender of the mothers who would also defend the daughters, and young women sang as he passed beneath it. The bridge was the site of fighting in January 1777, when Continental troops held off British forces, which gave the welcome added meaning. Nathaniel Currier's lithograph, made some fifty-five years later, revisits the scene as a patriotic reminder of the first president's journey.

Created / publishedc. 1845
NotesPublisher by N. Currier, New York
Original scan2,866 × 4,056 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference07649u

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