{"id":1543,"date":"2022-12-23T16:46:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2022-12-23T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:46:10","slug":"the-most-patriotic-christmases-in-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/the-most-patriotic-christmases-in-american-history\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Patriotic Christmases in American History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now Christmas Day is usually spent with family and friends around a beautiful tree but in a not-so-distant past, the events that took place on December 25th were pivotal to shaping our nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are some of the defining moments in American history that happened on\u00a0Christmas\u00a0Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1776 \u2013 Washington Crosses the Delaware<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze-1024x656.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2799\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub><sup>Emanuel Leutze via Wikimedia Commons<\/sup><\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a series of defeats, the Continental Army stood on the verge of losing the Revolutionary War. On Christmas night 1776, General George Washington\u00a0led\u00a02,400 troops across the frozen Delaware River, in a desperate attack against the Hessian garrison in Trenton, New Jersey. Washington\u2019s surprise attack led to a decisive victory that changed the war&#8217;s course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1814 \u2013 The Treaty of Ghent Ends the War of 1812<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Battle_of_New_Orleans-1024x757.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2800\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub><sup>Edward Percy Moran via Wikimedia Commons<\/sup><\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After four months of negotiations in Ghent, Belgium, the United States, and Great Britain came to an agreement on Christmas Eve to end the thirty-two-month struggle between the two nations. Historians consider the war a draw, with both countries surrendering territories they conquered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1836 \u2013 Alabama Declares Christmas a Legal Holiday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Christmas_Tree_Angel-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2801\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><em><sub>Noah Wulf via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 22nd state became the first in the nation to officially recognize Christmas as a holiday, which wouldn\u2019t become a federal holiday until 1870.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1896 \u2013 John Philip Sousa Writes \u201cStars and Stripes Forever\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/United_States_Marine_Band_1891.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2803\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup><sub>The Phonogram, ed.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/virginia\/\">Virginia<\/a>&nbsp;McRae via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John Philip Sousa, legendary director of the U.S. Marine Band,\u00a0composed\u00a0\u201cStars and Stripes Forever\u201d on Christmas Day during a return trip from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean. His homesickness inspired the patriotic march, which became the official National March of the United States of America in 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1944 \u2013 General Patton Prays for Deliverance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1944_Cobra_King_first_in_Bastogne-1024x812.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup><sub>U.S. ARMY PHOTO via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Gen. George S. Patton\u2019s army attempted to relieve encircled U.S. forces in the Battle of the Bulge, wintry weather swept across Europe. Conditions were so bad that they threatened his timetable. Patton contacted James H. O\u2019Neill, the Head Chaplain of the Third Army to deliver a prayer for good weather. O\u2019Neill wrote a prayer, which went to every soldier in Patton\u2019s Third Army. The next day the weather cleared for six straight days, allowing the Allies to deliver a knockout blow. On Christmas Eve, Patton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/contributions\/pattons-prayer-for-fair-weather-and-the-turn-of-world-war-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pinned<\/a>\u00a0O\u2019Neill with the Bronze Star Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1968 \u2013 Apollo 8 Orbits the Moon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Apollo_8-979x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2805\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup><sub>Project Apollo Archive via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In one of the most-watched events in television history, the astronauts of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/7-historical-events-that-took-place-on-christmas#:~:text=The%201066%20holiday%20season%20played%20host%20to%20an,king%20of%20England%20at%20Westminster%20Abbey%20in%20London\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apollo 8<\/a>\u00a0became the first men to orbit the moon and view the Earth from the natural satellite\u2019s dark side on Christmas Eve. 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