Pages Tagged With: "History"

Theme of 2016 Dover Days Festival is historic preservation

Division will be offering several programs including those celebrating the 1976 restoration of The Old State House.




Then & Now: Black History Highlights features Rodney Hotel and Aunt Mary’s

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the historical significance of The Rodney and present-day impact of Aunt Mary’s.




Then & Now: Hockessin Colored School #107

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the historical significance of a one-room school for African American children.




Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware explores the impact of Redding and Stevenson

“Then & Now: Black History Highlights of Delaware” explores the impact of two iconic Black figures in Delaware history and today: Louis L. Redding and Bryan Stevenson.




Thirteenth annual Delaware Day competition winners announced

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




Thistledown Fiber Arts Guild: A history of women in textiles

Fiber arts skills have traditionally been passed down by women, including those still living today in the First State who carry on textile-based traditions through weaving, spinning, knitting and more.




Town seeks historical information about First National Bank of Frankford

Built in 1907, the structure later served as town hall for over six decades.




Travels with Darley comes to Delaware

A PBS film crew recently visited the New Castle Court House Museum and Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site for an upcoming episode of Travels with Darley.




Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Harrington and the Union Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Complex in Clarksville are the most recent listings.




Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Adams Home Farm in Greenwood and the Evans-West House in Ocean View are the most recent listings.




Two additional Delaware properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places

The Florence and Isaac Budovitch House, and the Newark Union Church and Cemetery, are both located in New Castle County north of Wilmington.




Vertie Lee receives Small Museum Association Award

Longtime division employee honored for her contributions to the small museum community on a regional or state level.




Victor’s ‘Indian Melodies’ recordings

Company played a major role in recording Native-American-inspired music.




Video explores genetic background of eight white and three Black people who lived at Avery’s Rest, a 17th century Delaware homestead

Research helps provide a greater understanding of the early colonial history of European and African persons in Delaware.




Video explores the lives of four enslaved people and an abolitionist

Created in celebration of Delaware Day which honors the anniversary of Delaware becoming the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787.




Vincelette Futuro House listed in the National Register of Historic Places

The Vincelette Futuro House was officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places in late 2023.