Major Pete Hegseth narrated the pageantry on the banks of the Delaware before joining Washington in making the crossing.

Emanuel Leutze’s enormous 1851 painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” depicts the general’s journey on Dec. 25, 1776, as he launched a surprise attack on hundreds of Hessian troops ...

takes the place of George Washington. The boat is surrounded by icebergs, but what’s striking is the replacement of the historical figures in Leutze’s painting with caricatures and stereotypes.

As the tides of history shift and America evolves, art serves as a reflection of society in its many manifestations. The best ...