NYC Bus Tour

Crossing the Delaware - Heritage Trail Bus Tour Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:00 am until 4:30 pm Tour Update: We just received confirmation that Mort Kunstler will meet with our group at the Nassau County Museum and give us a brief talk about his research and inspiration for his "Washington Crossing" painting. There are still a few seats available if you would like to join us for this unique opportunity. Crossing the Delaware - New York Bus Tour Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:00 am until 4:30 pm Limited Seating Available – Reservations Required

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze and Mort Kunstler See both paintings in one day!

The most widely recognized image of America's Revolutionary War is Emanuel Leutze’s painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day, 1776. This inspirational image of an gallant leader setting off on a daring raid against a superior enemy contains little in the way of historical fact. The boat, flag, background, and even the ice in the river are all derived from Leutze’s imagination.

Now another well-known artist has taken up the challenge to depict this historic event accurately. After months of research, Mort Kunstler recently completed his own rendering of the event closely reflecting the facts as we know them today. On Wednesday, February 22, Washington's birthday, the Heritage Trail Association is offering a bus tour to New York to view both paintings.

Our tour will leave from the Van Horne House at 9:00 am and proceed to the Nassau County Museum of Art where the Kunstler painting is on display. The museum is on the former Frick Estate, a spectacular property in the heart of Long Island's fabled Gold Coast. It is housed in a three-story Georgian mansion that exemplifies Gold Coast architecture of the late 19th century.

Our tour will then proceed to Manhattan to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the recently restored, original painting by Leutze is the center piece of the new American Wing Galleries. The bus will return to the Van Horne House by 4:30 pm.

This is a perfect opportunity to visit two of areas finest museums without the hassle of trains, traffic or parking.

The Van Horne House is located at 941 East Main Street, Bridgewater, NJ (across from Patriots Ballpark). The tour is $50 per person, which includes transportation and museum fees. Lunch is not included. Due to limited space, please park behind the Target store at the southeast corner.

Limited space is still available and reservations are required. Call (732) 356-8856 for reservations, or sign up online: register

The Heritage Trail Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that creatively celebrates and educates the public about Somerset County history.