Pages Tagged With: "History"

Schedule of Events, September 11, 2022

New Castle Court House Museum Facebook livestream and in-person in The New Castle Visitor Center at The Arsenal due to the weather All programs are free and are offered in-person and some via Facebook livestream. Her Time 20XX – 12 p.m. Roseria Macera directs Her Time 20XX, an all-women string orchestra. Join this program in-person […]




Schedule of Events, September 8, 2022

Zwaanendael Museum in-person and livestreamed on You Tube All programs are free and open to the public. Travelling Victrola Demonstration – 12:00 p.m. Join former historical interpreter Kay Powell as she demonstrates this old-fashioned music machine. Join this program in person at Zwaanendael Park next to the Zwaanendael Museum. “Hamilton, More Than a Musical” — […]




Schedule of Events, September 9, 2022

Zwaanendael Museum in-person and livestreamed on You Tube All programs are free and open to the public. Travelling Victrola Demonstration – 12:00 p.m. Join former historical interpreter Kay Powell as she demonstrates this old-fashioned music machine. Join this program in person at Zwaanendael Park next to the Zwaanendael Museum. “Rosedale Beach” — Lecture by Tamara Burks […]




Schooner Meerwald partners with Zwaanendael Museum to present programs and sailing trips during the summer of 2019

The vessel, New Jersey’s official tall ship, is a restored oyster-dredging schooner.




Scott A.M.E. Zion Church listed in the National Register of Historic Places

The historic Scott A.M.E. Zion Church has officially been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.




Shades of Spring 2024 across First State historic sites

See the varied colors of recent native planting projects taking root at sites like Belmont Hall and the annual blossoming of tulips along the coast in Lewes as spring arrives at Delaware’s historic sites.




Sharing Stories: Public invited to explore new Plantation Stories Project website

A new website featuring 131 names shares the stories of the enslaved, indentured, freedom-seeking and free Black people who lived, worked and died at and near the John Dickinson Plantation.




Sheriff’s House rehabilitation to begin in 2022

The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs is pleased to share the announcement of a $5.4 million commitment from the National Park Service to rehabilitate the historic Sheriff’s House at First State National Historical Park.




Site of purported African-American cemetery discovered near Frankford

Development slated for nearby property.




Social practices in art

Article explores artist Denis A. Volozan and his portrait of George Washington which hangs in The Old State House.




South African Winery Rekindles Historic 18th Century Connection to Delaware

Bottle fragments from Lewes, Del.’s Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck traced to the venerable wine estate.




St. Paul AME Church in Harrington added to the National Register of Historic Places

Church has served Harrington’s Black community since 1895.




State fiscal year 2017 review: Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

By Madeline Dunn, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs’ historian and National Register of Historic Places coordinator




State Historic Preservation Office announces Delaware’s newest listings in the National Register of Historic Places

New listings include the Downtown Harrington Historic District, the Richard Allen School and the Taylor’s Bridge School.




State of Delaware to acquire historic property at Cooch’s Bridge, the site of the state’s only Revolutionary War battle

Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to administer the home and surrounding property at the heart of the site.




State Review Board for Historic Preservation recommends nominations for the National Register; honors retirees and welcomes new members

The Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation held its annual spring meeting at The Old State House in Dover on April 9, 2014.