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Delaware River (tidewater) is a unifying symbolism with the Mid-<br />
Atlantic’s<br />
unique,<br />
nation-<br />
shaping history as the raison d'être for any <strong>Rancocas</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> -<br />
c entric focus to the edification of America’s maritime legacy. "Crossroads" is<br />
pertinent<br />
since that is precisely how the Delaware River Valley and its tide-<br />
waters figured so profoundly in the years leading to the founding and early<br />
development of the Republic.<br />
RCNWT<br />
Geo-Fact<br />
RCNWT promotes this heritage apart from Independence Hall, Valley Forge and<br />
t he most obvious touchstones of the Revolutionary Period. How the little ole<br />
<strong>Rancocas</strong><br />
tributary served to "cont ribute" s ignificantly<br />
to the development of<br />
West New Jersey in the heart of the Delaware River Region, is simply a matter<br />
o f public record. There was a time when Burlington, Mt. Holly, Hainesport,<br />
M edford, Delran, Moorestown, Willingboro, Pemberton among several<br />
other<br />
y oung cities and todays communities<br />
along the Delaware and<br />
i ts associated waterways figured most prominently in the affairs of an emerging<br />
nation....<br />
4/12/2018<br />
4 <strong>Rancocas</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Trail</strong> Nomination<br />
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