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A number of new employees have joined the division’s staff in the past several months.

Fourteen-year veteran most recently served as an accounting specialist.

Resumption of hours in keeping with Gov. John Carney’s lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency on July 13, 2021.

Entitled, “The I’s Have It: Industry, Innovation, and Invention,” activities to take place in Lewes and New Castle during September 2021.

John Dickinson Plantation burial ground for enslaved men, women and children, and for free African Americans who died on the site, to be preserved and interpreted.

Event called off due to the potential for excessive heat.

Sunshine Plein Air Artists were on site at the historic property in June 2021.

Holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

Series provides a historical context to understand the complex and often difficult role that race has played in the history of the United States and the state of Delaware.

Activities include sack racing, tug ‘o war, lawn games, walking tours, and historical interpreters, dressed in period clothing, reciting the Declaration of Independence.