What is different when Rip Van Winkle wakes up that was not there before he fell asleep?

There are many differences in Rip Van Winkle's small town after he awakens from his 20 year nap! Since Rip falls asleep right before the Revolutionary War and wakes up in the years after, so much has changed!

Rip himself is different. He finds his joints and muscles to be extremely sore and he's starving! He notices that his own beard is nearly a foot long, his weapon has rusted, and his dog is gone.

As he walks into town he notices the clothing of the townspeople is strange and is disappointed that he does not recognize anyone. Kids and dogs used to befriend him but now children mock him and the dogs bark. He cannot locate his friends or his wife, and the local landmarks like the inn and giant tree have been replaced. Where there once was a tree there is now a giant flagpole bearing a red, white and blue flag he does not recognize. Most astonishingly he notices that a picture of George Washington now hangs where there used to be a framed image of King George!