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The Equal Justice Initiative’s new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Alabama explores the legacy of slavery and the lives of enslaved people through art and artifacts, including a whipping post removed from Delaware just four years ago.

“Details in Delaware” is a history-informed collaboration between Kara A. Briggs, an architectural historian with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA) State Historic Preservation Office, and Desiree […]

The historical impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the First State is on display through a new exhibit at Legislative Hall.

A large, open-air pavilion was recently constructed at Kent County’s historic Belmont Hall as a way to welcome weddings and other gatherings.

This post is the first of several written by UD students studying at Cooch’s Bridge about their experience at the historic site.

Join the division in welcoming its newest staff members, who bring a passion for history and a wealth of experience working with historic sites.

This spring welcomed many notable events at Delaware’s historic sites and museums, including many that have helped educate the next generation.

This year the United States celebrates the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, a Supreme Court decision that ended legal racial segregation in public schools in 1954. The […]

From Wilmington to Georgetown to Lewes, celebrate Black history this June during Juneteenth events held statewide.

More than a dozen stories highlighting the people, places, documents, objects and memorabilia that have shaped LGBTQ+ history in Delaware are now available to explore in detail through a new digital platform.