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Bells throughout Delaware to ring as part of “Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” on April 9, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bells across Delaware will ring in commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s 1865 surrender which effectively ending the American Civil War.




Governor Markell Delivers Keynote Address at UN’s World Autism Awareness Day Event

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

With an opportunity to advocate alongside the head of the United Nations, Governor Markell gave the keynote address at the UN’s observance of World Autism Awareness Day.




The First State’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in April 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Netherlands connection stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.




Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 1, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

British warship was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




Governor Statement on Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission Report

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Governor Markell issued the following statement on findings and recommendations approved by the Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission – a group established by House Joint Resolution No. 2, and supported by all members of the General Assembly, after the Governor called for a rapid, fact-based, intensive examination of public safety strategies for Wilmington in his State of the State address.







  Category: News

Bells throughout Delaware to ring as part of “Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” on April 9, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bells across Delaware will ring in commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s 1865 surrender which effectively ending the American Civil War.




Governor Markell Delivers Keynote Address at UN’s World Autism Awareness Day Event

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

With an opportunity to advocate alongside the head of the United Nations, Governor Markell gave the keynote address at the UN’s observance of World Autism Awareness Day.




The First State’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in April 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Netherlands connection stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.




Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 1, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

British warship was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




Governor Statement on Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission Report

Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Governor Markell issued the following statement on findings and recommendations approved by the Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission – a group established by House Joint Resolution No. 2, and supported by all members of the General Assembly, after the Governor called for a rapid, fact-based, intensive examination of public safety strategies for Wilmington in his State of the State address.