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Meet the American who rowed Washington across the Delaware on Christmas, sailor-soldier John Glover

Leader of the remarkable Marblehead militia of Massachusetts, Glover saved American independence three times

General John Glover delivered a priceless gift to the nation.

He saved the cause of American independence on Christmas Day in 1776.

Glover was a Marblehead, Massachusetts, mariner-turned-Revolutionary War hero who led a rugged regiment of calloused New England fishermen.

This famed Marblehead militia ferried George Washington and 2,400 troops in row boats across the ice-choked Delaware River on the night of Dec. 25 with the American rebellion on the brink of collapse.

The daring assault overwhelmed a garrison of 1,400 Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey, who were fighting on behalf of the British crown.

It was a stunning victory that reversed the course of the American Revolution and, ultimately, reshaped world history.

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