Pages Tagged With: "Historical & Cultural Affairs"

For the love of history: A Q&A with Susan Emory

Susan Emory is a historic site interpreter at The Old State House, and has been sharing Delaware history for decades.




Former president of Ghana visits John Dickinson Plantation

Leader in Dover to deliver Delaware State University commencement address.




Fort Christina National Historic Landmark re-opens for the summer of 2016

Partnership between the division, First State National Historical Park and Kalmar Nyckel Foundation made re-opening possible.




Four division staff members named Department of State Employee of the Second Quarter

Employees helped save the life of one of their co-workers.




Fourteenth annual Delaware Day competition winners announced

Program encourages students to study the U.S. Constitution.




Free admission beginning Aug. 31, 2016 for ‘Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak’

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.




Friends of Cooch’s Bridge named 2024 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award honorees

The Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site have been recognized for their dedication as one of the 2024 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award honorees.




Gathering public input on the 2018-2022 Statewide Historic Preservation Plan: New on-line survey available

Survey seeks feedback on the needs and issues facing historic places in Delaware.




Get involved in Preservation50, the golden anniversary celebration of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Activities to take place through October 2016.




Goodbye Howard

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




Gov. Carney celebrates national accreditation of Delaware’s state-museum system

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




Gov. Markell pardons Underground Railroad conductor Samuel D. Burris

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




Gov. Markell unveils interpretive sign marking the location of Fort Casimir

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




Grantham-Edwards-McComb House added to the National Register of Historic Places

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




Grants available for historic properties

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.




Greg Buchman promoted to physical-plant trades mechanic

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