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Fort Christina offers a green space and history this summer

First State National Historical Park site to offer tours and public programming.




Fort Christina offers a historical destination this summer

Partner site of the First State National Historical Park to host summer 2018 events




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.




FREE New Castle History Camp, July 25–29, 2022

Children ages 10 to 13 are invited to explore the storied past of one of America’s most historic towns in this free history camp.




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.




From the Pacific to Delaware: Preserving and protecting our submerged archaeological sites

Guest article by Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs archaeologist Stephanie Soder.




Goodbye Howard

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




Gov. and First Lady Carney to greet Halloween trick-or-treaters at Woodburn

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




Gov. Carney to speak at John Dickinson Plantation on June 12, 2018

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




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.




Guided visitation to the African burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation

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




Hale-Byrnes House to receive $47,610 grant from the Longwood Foundation

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