Editor's Note —This is a weekly Patch feature. YARDLEY, PA —When the Delaware River freezes, Yardley Photographer Josh Friedman recalls one of the major moments that led to the birth of a nation.

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U.S. law designates this holiday "Washington’s Birthday" in honor of the nation’s first president, George Washington. And, contrary to its formal declaration more than 50 years ago ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.