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Date Posted: Monday, November 18th, 2024

Wilmington’s Compton Park Apartments, built as part of an urban renewal project in the 1960s, are now officially in the National Register.


Date Posted: Friday, November 15th, 2024

Staff from HCA recently joined Flavor Flav and Grouchy Greg Watkins at the Delaware Art Museum at this year’s Hip Hop Cultural Summit.


Date Posted: Thursday, November 14th, 2024

Revisit recent educational events hosted by HCA in an effort to preserve the past and shape the future at historic sites across the state.


Date Posted: Thursday, November 14th, 2024

There are thousands of artifacts in Delaware’s Historic Collections, and including some that tell the many different lives of Wilmington’s own Brandywine Springs.


Date Posted: Thursday, October 24th, 2024

During its October meeting, the Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation welcomed two new members.


Date Posted: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

See what changes one University of Delaware student proposes to increase access for people of all abilities at Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site.


Date Posted: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

By Leoné Cahill-Krout, site supervisor at Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site Every day, thousands of cars drive through the intersection of Old Baltimore Pike and Sunset Lake Drive. They often take […]


Date Posted: Monday, October 21st, 2024

This fall, several HCA staff members traveled to Philadelphia for the eighth annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference, a collaborative initiative to help Americans embrace a more inclusive narrative of national history.


Date Posted: Thursday, October 17th, 2024

On Sept. 18, the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA)’s John Dickinson Plantation, in partnership with the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ), held a public town […]


Date Posted: Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

HCA’s Buena Vista recently hosted a celebration of life for New Castle’s Wayne “Phil” Proud. He was 85.



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