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Confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac River near Potomac Forks Campsite (southeast of Cumberland) Allegany County Maryland; ; .

Washington first ordered a 60-mile search for Durham boats to transport his army and he ordered the destruction of vessels that could be used by the British He crossed the Delaware River at sunset Christmas Day and risked capture staking out the Jersey shoreline His men followed across the ice-obstructed river in sleet and snow at McKonkey's Ferry with 40 men per vessel Wind churned up the waters and they were pelted with hail but by 3 A.M they made it across with no losses. Henry Knox was delayed managing frightened horses and about 18 field guns on flat-bottomed ferries Cadwalader and Ewing failed to cross due to the ice and heavy currents and a waiting Washington doubted his planned attack on Trenton Once Knox arrived Washington proceeded to Trenton to take only his troops against the Hessians rather than risk being spotted returning his army to Pennsylvania. Vte Canada: the federal capital city Ottawa is located in the province of Ontario which has its own provincial capital in Toronto Ottawa's municipal government is overseen by the province and not by the federal government or a separate federal capital territory. Lincoln is largely responsible for the Thanksgiving holiday.:471 Thanksgiving had become a regional holiday in New England in the 17th century it had been sporadically proclaimed by the federal government on irregular dates the prior proclamation had been during James Madison's presidency 50 years earlier in 1863 Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November of that year to be a day of Thanksgiving.:471. ; . Amphibians U.S Army occupation of Mexico City in 1847 the American flag is flying over the National Palace the seat of the Mexican government, Thomas Johnson Maryland 1 Yes They constituted less than 5% of the twelve million enslaved people brought from Africa to the Americas the great majority of enslaved Africans were transported to sugar colonies in the Caribbean and to Brazil as life expectancy was short their numbers had to be continually replenished Life expectancy was much higher in the U.S and the enslaved population was successful in reproduction the number of enslaved people in the U.S grew rapidly reaching 4 million by the 1860 Census From 1770 to 1860 the rate of natural growth of North American enslaved people was much greater than for the population of any nation in Europe and it was nearly twice as rapid as that of England. Stephen Hopkins Rhode Island 2 Yes Yes Interpretations The architecture of Washington varies greatly Six of the top 10 buildings in the American Institute of Architects' 2007 ranking of "America's Favorite Architecture" are in the District of Columbia: the White House the Washington National Cathedral the Thomas Jefferson Memorial the United States Capitol the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial the neoclassical Georgian gothic and modern architectural styles are all reflected among those six structures and many other prominent edifices in Washington Notable exceptions include buildings constructed in the French Second Empire style such as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. .