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‘Stealing Freedom Along the Mason Dixon Line: The Story of Elkton Slave Catcher and Kidnapper Thomas McCreary’

Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware lecture to take place on Oct. 27, 2014.




‘Stitching on the Light: A Virtual Stitch Along’

Online cross-stitch embroidery program from the Zwaanendael Museum during January 2021.




‘The 1960s in Delaware’—Chautauqua tent show in Lewes from Sept. 19 to 21, 2019

The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the space program and rock ‘n’ roll will be among the 1960s-era topics to be explored.




‘The Amazing Hannah Penn’ — virtual living-history performance on Oct. 24, 2020

Virtual living-history program in which Jean Norvell portrays the proprietress of Pennsylvania and wife of William Penn.




‘The Civil Rights Movement in Delaware: Its History—Its Legacy’

Symposium to take place in Dover on Oct. 2 and 3, 2014.




‘The Empty Glass: Sherlock Holmes Comes to Dover’ to be presented at The Old State House on Aug. 18, 2018

Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to solve a grisly murder based on an actual Dover court case.




‘The Kidnapping of Bathsheba Bungy’ program on March 18, 2023

Program explores the true story of a free, Black girl from New Castle who was kidnapped to be sold into slavery, and her subsequent rescue.




‘The Rising Sun: The U.S. Constitution’: The Old State House’s Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2019

Fun and thought-provoking Constitutional programs to take place on April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019.




‘The Scorched Pamphlet: Sherlock Holmes Returns to Delaware’ at The Old State House on Aug. 17, 2019

Theatrical performance in which the celebrated British detective is called upon to solve a grisly case at Delaware College.




‘Washington vs. Lincoln—Who Was the Greatest President?’ at The Old State House on Feb. 19, 2017

President’s Day theatrical presentration will pit Washington and Lincoln against each other.




‘We Didn’t Vote for Him: Delaware and the Election of 1860’ — virtual lecture from The Old State House on Nov. 14, 2020

Program explores the election that brought Abraham Lincoln to power and which led the nation into civil war.




‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 23, 2021

Event commemorates the 339th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.




‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 26, 2019

Event commemorates the 337th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.




‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 27, 2018

Event commemorates the 336th anniversary Penn’s Oct. 27, 1682 disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.




‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 29, 2022

Event commemorates the 340th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.




‘Wine and Spirits in Delaware: Producing, Preserving, and Presenting’ exhibit closed on Jan. 28, 2017

EXHIBIT CLOSED on Jan. 28, 2017.