Division staff members lend a hand at the Delaware Veterans Home
Seventeen individuals volunteered their services in September 2016.
Division staff news
Additions made to volunteer-services, horticulture and site-management teams and at the Buena Vista Conference Center.
Division to begin improvements to state-owned historic properties in New Castle
State to invest $350,000 for improvements at the New Castle Court House Museum, Arsenal, Academy and Green.
Division to hold public meetings seeking input for Delaware’s 2018–2022 State Historic Preservation Plan
Five meetings to be held at locations across the state during March 2017.
Division to honor MLK Day of Service by collecting donations for local charities
The Division will honor Martin Luther King Day throughout the month of January by collecting donated items for local charities. Drop-offs are organized at six locations statewide.
Division to replace New Castle Academy roof
Improvements slated to take place in late summer/early fall 2017.
Division to sponsor 13 special programs during May 2016
Highlights of the month include programs on the saving of The Old State House, a symposium on the early Colonial archaeology of the Delaware Valley region and the Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration.
Division to sponsor 14 free programs during March 2017
Highlights include events celebrating National Women’s History Month and National Harriet Tubman Day.
Division to sponsor 14 free programs during November 2016
18th Century Market Fair, candle making and music of World War I among the events to be presented.
Division to sponsor 14 special programs during the 2016 winter-holiday season
Eight winter-holiday-themed activities among the programs to be offered.
Division to sponsor 16 special events during June 2017
Man’s Best Friend, Separation Day and a wine-glass painting party among the events to be presented.
Division to sponsor 17 free programs during October 2016
William Penn Day, Halloween programs and lantern tours to be featured.
Division to sponsor 18 special events during April 2017
Highlights include the Slave Dwelling Project, America’s Founding Fathers and Mothers, and programs on Delaware’s Dutch heritage.
Division to sponsor 19 special events during August 2016
History meets sci-fi, vintage classical-recordings and the raid on the John Dickinson Plantation to be featured.
Division to sponsor 19 special programs during April 2016
Highlights of the month include programs on Edgar Allan Poe, Delaware’s Dutch heritage and a quilt documentation day.
Division to sponsor 23 special events during July 2017
Highlights include programs on Independence Day, jazz history and quill-pen writing.