Revolutionary Lives Exhibit Opens July 3 to Kick Off Countdown to America’s 250th
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Delaware’s role in the fight for independence—and how generations have remembered it—is the focus of a compelling new exhibit, Revolutionary Lives: 1776 to Tomorrow, opening at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Delaware Public Archives. Launching exactly one year before the United States marks its Semiquincentennial, the exhibit explores how Delawareans have […]
Delaware Students Selected as Winners of America’s Field Trip Contest
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
DOVER, Del. –Delaware 250, together with America250, is pleased to announce that two students from Delaware are among seventy-five first place winners nationwide in the 2025 “America’s Field Trip” contest. Grace Sweeten, a ninth-grade student at Sussex Academy in Georgetown, won for her original artwork, Mother of Refuge, and Vivian Wan, a tenth-grade student at […]
Delaware Public Archives Reveals Delaware’s Unusual Treasures in New Digital Exhibit
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The Delaware Public Archives invites the public to take a closer look at the quirky, curious, and captivating side of Delaware’s history in its new digital exhibit Unusual Treasures. This engaging collection brings together more than two dozen items that reflect the richness of the First State’s archival holdings. Far from traditional birth certificates […]
Discover Your Revolutionary Roots at the Delaware Public Archives’ June First Saturday Program
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025
Looking to uncover your family’s role in the American Revolution? Join us at the Delaware Public Archives on Saturday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. for this month’s First Saturday Program: Flags of Our Forefathers: Finding Your Roots in the Revolution. This program will cover the most common records used by genealogists while also exploring lesser-known resources that can be […]
Students’ Mock Continental Congress Coming to Delaware
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
DOVER, Del. – Delaware 250 has announced that middle and high school students across Delaware will have the opportunity this June to take part in a Mock Continental Congress, inspired by the Second Continental Congress that convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1776. On Friday, June 6, fifty middle and high school students […]
