Pages Tagged With: "Historic Sites"

Declaration of Independence to be read aloud in front of The Old State House on July 4, 2020

Recitations to take place at 2 and 4 p.m.




Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse to be repainted

Project expected to be completed before summer’s end 2020.




Delaware Forest Service publishes guide to big trees of Delaware

State’s largest trees includes a Nordmann fir and tamarack at Buena Vista, and a Douglas fir at Belmont Hall.




Delaware State Historic Preservation Office recent accomplishments

Office’s programs help to preserve Delaware’s historic places and unique cultural identity.




Delaware’s State museums reopening with self-guided tours

Visitation now permitted in accordance with Gov. Carney’s Phase I reopening of the state.




Division celebrates Women’s History Month 2023

Six division-sponsored events honor and celebrate women’s lives and historic achievements.




Division launches At Home Concert Series

New digital feature highlights local music and historic sites across the First State.




Division museums closed; public encouraged to engage with Delaware history via social media

Museums closed on March 24, 2020 in response to the coronavirus state of emergency.




Division now offering tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship

Tours taking place through Sept. 26, 2019.




Division releases 2017 annual report

Report illustrates the programs and services that led to the division’s accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums.




Division releases 2019 annual report

Report illustrates how the agency is preserving and protecting Delaware’s cultural legacies for future generations.




Division sponsoring 19 special events during October 2019

Programs on America’s maritime heritage; Enrico Caruso; and Shakespeare, Poe and Fiends to be featured.




Division to repair garden wall of the New Castle Academy

Project will include cleaning, raking, repointing and repairing stone and brick on both sides of the wall.




Division to sponsor 10 special events during November 2019

Bayberry candle-making, grave sites of notable New Castle veterans and early recordings of classical music among topics to be explored.




Division to sponsor 11 special events during July 2019

Independence Day, baseball Hall-of-Famer William “Judy” Johnson and campfires at the John Dickinson Plantation to be featured.




Division to sponsor 14 special events during September 2019

Historical play on Caesar Rodney, Native-American programming and Chautauqua tent shows among the activities to be presented.