History camp attendees explore what life was like in 1776

Students and history staff pose for a group photo during a summer history camp in Old New Castle.

Nearly a dozen campers worked with the New Castle Court House Museum, First State National Park and the Read House and Gardens this summer to learn about the government of 1776 versus today, and what other people’s lives might have been like at America’s founding.

The students, who were from all over northern New Castle County, then used what they learned to create a newspaper with the help of the New Castle Public Library. They presented their publications to family and friends on the last day of camp, and visitors to the library can now see them on display at the front desk.

Nearly a dozen campers worked with the New Castle Court House Museum, First State National Park and the Read House and Gardens this summer to learn about the government of 1776 versus today, and what other people’s lives might have been like at America’s founding.
Nearly a dozen campers worked with the New Castle Court House Museum, First State National Park and the Read House and Gardens this summer to learn about the government of 1776 versus today, and what other people’s lives might have been like at America’s founding.
Nearly a dozen campers worked with the New Castle Court House Museum, First State National Park and the Read House and Gardens this summer to learn about the government of 1776 versus today, and what other people’s lives might have been like at America’s founding.
Nearly a dozen campers worked with the New Castle Court House Museum, First State National Park and the Read House and Gardens this summer to learn about the government of 1776 versus today, and what other people’s lives might have been like at America’s founding.
Nearly a dozen campers worked with the New Castle Court House Museum, First State National Park and the Read House and Gardens this summer to learn about the government of 1776 versus today, and what other people’s lives might have been like at America’s founding.