Delaware 250 Announces Spring 2024 Grant Recipients
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Friday, May 31, 2024
Delaware 250 is pleased to announce the recipients of its inaugural cycle of grants to support planning and programming for the upcoming United States Semiquincentennial Anniversary in 2026. This anniversary recognizes 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A special project of the Delaware Heritage Commission and the Delaware Public Archives, Delaware […]
Walk Down Memory Lane at Delaware Public Archives
Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
New lobby exhibit celebrates “things that aren’t there anymore” Do you remember rocking at the Stone Balloon; enjoying a muskrat meal at The Wagon Wheel; or having a shopping spree at Wanamaker’s? If you don’t the Delaware Public Archives does. Starting in April 2024, the DPA will kick off a celebration and remembrance of things […]
Delaware Public Archives Celebrates African American History
Delaware Public Archives | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
New display shines a spotlight on eighty-nine State of Delaware Historical Markers related to Black History The Delaware Public Archives has unveiled a new exhibition in its lobby, “Celebrating African American History in The First State” that features every State of Delaware Historical Marker related to Black history and the significance behind them. “With this […]
Delaware 250: Grants for Museums, Heritage Groups, and Non-Profits – Winter 2024
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Friday, February 2, 2024
Delaware 250 Grants for Museums, Heritage Groups, and Non-Profits The Winter 2024 Grant Cycle has closed. For information on Delaware 250 grants, please visit www.Delaware250.org About Delaware 250 The year 2026 will see the United States Semiquincentennial, the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of America’s (and Delaware’s) independence. This anniversary provides an opportunity […]
Exhibit at the Delaware Public Archives: Celebrating Emily Bissell, “The Christmas Seal Story”
Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Friday, December 8, 2023
This holiday season the Delaware Public Archives will present an exhibit “Celebrating Emily Bissell: The Christmas Seal Story.” The exhibit chronicles the beginning of Christmas Seals, and presents historic Christmas Seals, scrap books, photographs and documents related to Ms. Bissell’s efforts to foster public interest and gain support to raise funds to battle tuberculosis.
