Pages Tagged With: "History"

State Review Board for Historic Preservation to meet Aug. 23

The State Review Board for Historic Preservation will host a summer meeting from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Aug. 23.




State Review Board to meet April 20, 2022; will consider National Register nomination of Dauneport

Board will review a National Register of Historic Places nomination for Dauneport, a historic New Castle County property.




State Review Board to meet Jan. 17

The Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation will meet at the Center for Material Culture on Jan. 17.




Statement about unauthorized media images of the John Dickinson Plantation burial ground

Dignity of those interred must be respected.




Students honored at 16th annual Delaware Day Fourth Grade Competition ceremony

Program encourages young people to study the U.S. Constitution.




Students honored for 2019 Delaware Day competition

On Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, more than 300 students, teachers and family members gathered at the Delaware Public Archives building in Dover for the presentation of awards for the 18th annual Delaware Day Fourth Grade Competition. Earlier in the school year, Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock invited fourth grade teachers throughout the state to […]




Submit photos — and win prizes — during the Delaware Day Adventure, Dec. 3–12, 2021

Explore the division’s museums, learn and explore Delaware history, and submit photos to win a prize.




Supporters celebrate historic listing of Scott A.M.E. Zion Church

Supporters of the Scott African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Wilmington came together in May 2024 to celebrate the historic structure’s listing in the National Register of Historic Places. “Every time you think of your history, get excited about your future,” Bishop W. Darin Moore said during the celebration. For over a century, the […]




Surveying the landscape of the ‘Delaware Wedge’

Imperfect land survey techniques of the 18th century created a tract of disputed land covering hundreds of acres that wasn’t federally recognized as Delaware’s until 1921.




Sussex County boasts new listing in the National Register of Historic Places

One-teacher school in Millsboro was built in 1897.




Sussex Gardeners deck the halls of the Zwaanendael Museum

Holiday display through December 2016 features preserved flowers, fruit, evergreen branches and other plant material.




Sussex Gardeners make the holidays lively at Zwaanendael Museum

This recent holiday season, the Sussex Gardeners designed festive arrangements with live plants to decorate the Zwaanendael Museum.




Sussex Gardeners to decorate Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays

Decorations presented in conjunction with the Lewes Lights event.




Take a seaside vacation—and see where Delaware’s modern history began

Delaware’s Atlantic Ocean resorts offer a wide variety of historical attractions including Swanendael, the site of Delaware’s first European settlement.




The Christina River Watershed Cleanup: Celebrating 30 Years

For the past three decades, the Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site has been among several along the Christina River and its tributaries where volunteers annually help clean up the local waterways! Join this year’s effort on Saturday, April 2.




The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs welcomes new staff

Join the Division in welcoming its newest staff members, who bring a wealth of experience in working with the public, historic sites, programs and more.