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Myths of the Mason Dixon line

Did you know that Delaware is in a relatively unique position when it comes to the Mason-Dixon line? Read on to find out more.




National park interpretive signs unveiled on Dover Green

Signs tell the story of The Green’s role in Delaware history.




National Park Service workshop on Fort Casimir to be held in New Castle, Del., May 20–24, 2019

Workshop will explore archaeological prospection techniques at the site of Fort Casimir which was built by the Dutch in 1651.




National Preservation Awards nominations now open

The National Trust of Historic Places is seeking nominations for the 2022 National Preservation Awards. The deadline for nominations is Thursday, Feb. 17.




National Women’s History Month events among eight special programs at division museums during March 2019

Activities honor and celebrate women’s lives and historic achievements.




Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at division museums during September 2016

Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured. Updated Sept. 8, 2016.
Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.




Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at division museums during September 2017

Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.




Negro Travelers’ Green Book program at the New Castle Court House Museum on March 16, 2019

Program on the travel and vacation guidebook for people of color during the segregation era




Never to be forgotten or lost again

John Dickinson Plantation burial ground for enslaved men, women and children, and for free African Americans who died on the site, to be preserved and interpreted.




New Book, Wilmington: Preservation and Progress, Available at the Division’s Online History Store

Book provides a photographic history of the architecture of Wilmington, Del.’s business district between 1984 and today.




New Castle Academy garden wall repaired

Deteriorating section of the wall was cleaned and repointed.




New Castle Court House Museum featured in ‘Before They Were States’ podcast

Podcast explores the history of the American states before they joined the union.




New Castle Court House Museum publishes ’19 Days of Suffrage’

Series of 19 Facebook posts about the women’s suffrage movement in Delaware and the nation.




New Castle Court House Museum reopens after installation of a fire sprinkler system

Historic building reopened after being closed since Dec. 31, 2021 for the installation of a fire sprinkler system.




New Castle Green street lamp repaired

Old lamp given a complete overall.




New Castle History Camp explores native roots

The second New Castle History Summer Camp inspired youngsters to explore northern Delaware’s early history as archaeologists and historians.