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Photographer: Devry Becker Jones (CC0)
Taken: November 14, 2020
Caption:
Thomas Paine banner on display in Bordentown | Additional Description: Paine lived in Bordentown between 1778 and 1787 and helped to turn Bordentown into a hot-bed of radicalism. General George Washington turned to Paine in his greatest hour of need in December 1776. The famously quotable Paine's line "These are the times that try men's souls…" in the
The American Crisis helped to motivate the destitute Continental Army at the turning point of the war, as Washington would go on to cross the Delaware to defeat Hessian and British soldiers at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton.
Submitted: November 16, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p550307
File Size: 4.765 Megabytes
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