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| Cast of members seated: Dale Spencer, Phyllis wilson, Peggy Harris, Diana Fotinatos, and 2nd row: Kathy Johnson, Carol Hart, Nancy Mazzei, Lynn deen, Marth Beth Losch, Brooke Triplett, Pat Tucker, Anneta Clark, Susan Zimmerman, Diane Price, Carol Jutte, Fran Carlsen, Pat Gooding and Martha Koletar. |
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| George Washington played by Brooke Triplett, Martha Washington played by Pat Tucker and our narrator and director, Martha Koletar |
It was a bitterly cold winter in Pennsylvania and New Jersey along the Delaware River. On the New Jersey side of the river were 3,000 Hessian soldiers- German mercenaries hired by King George III to fight against the Americans.
The setting was the American Continental Army camp near the Delaware River. General Charles Cornwallis had sent a report to the British Parliament, assuring them that the Continental Army would soon go down in defeat. General George Washington and those under his command had a different view. Although bedraggled, frost bitten, hungry and tired, the Americans composed of Militia and Volunteers were more determined than Cornwallis had bargained for. They would gain liberty and freedom at all cost!
this special Christmas program was directed by Martha Koletar and featured an outstanding cast of characters - all men, with the exception of Martha Washington, sat around a camp fire reading poignant letters that had written to loved ones before crossing the Delaware River that fateful Christmas Day.
Regent Carol Jutte played the role of General Cornwallis and Brooke Triplet played General George Washington and Kathy Johnson announced the names of the letter- writers, Mary Beth Losch wearing a beard was Lt. George Shaw. The play was narrated by Pat Gooding and Martha Koletar. Other cat members were Phyllis Wilson, Diane Price, Diana Fotinatos, Annetta Clark,Nancy Mazzei, Peggy Harris, Fran Carlsen, Lynn Deen, Carol Hart, and Pat Tucker, and Susan Zimmerman, Slide Projectionist.
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| Jane Johnson and Cindy Sellers and new DAR member |
