Blog Posts Archive

Activities to take place through October 2016.

Long-term volunteer Howard Fulcher to leave the division at the end of July 2015.

Trick-or-treaters invited to the governor’s home on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

American Alliance of Museums’ accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

Gov. Carney will be the featured speaker for the annual meeting of the Friends of the John Dickinson Mansion.

Delaware man was convicted on Nov. 2, 1847 of aiding slaves escaping from their owners.

Ceremony coincides with the announcement of a $71,500 grant for archaeological investigations at the New Castle site.

Property once owned by Col. Henry S. McComb, one of the founders of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The National Park Service’s Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program is accepting applications through Tuesday, Feb. 22, to support programs for the rehabilitation of historic properties and the economic development of rural communities.

Grants support rehabilitation work on historic houses of worship.

Tradesman has been a member of the division’s Preservation Maintenance Team since 2012.

Programs explore the experiences of the enslaved and free African Americans who lived, labored and died on the John Dickinson Plantation.

Funding will be used for repair of deteriorating mortar joints at the building’s gables and chimneys.

Activities will include tours of the home, games and crafts.

“Who Did In the Delaware Ducks?” and “Mysteries of History” to be featured

Governor Jack Markell has issued a proclamation declaring March 10, 2014 as Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware in commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the death of the noted Underground Railroad conductor.