Teachers Invited to Nominate Students for Delaware’s Mock 2nd Continental Congress
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 24, 2025
Delaware’s students will once again have the opportunity to step into the shoes of the nation’s founders during the Students’ Mock 2nd Continental Congress, offered this spring as part of the state’s continuing 250th anniversary commemorations of the Declaration of Independence. Nominations are now open for teachers to submit one student and one alternate to […]
Delaware 250 Announces Opening of New Grant Cycle
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2025
DOVER, Del. – The Summer 2025 Delaware 250 grant cycle is now open and accepting applications. The Delaware 250 grant program is offered on a quarterly basis to provide support to museums, historic sites, and other non-profit organizations throughout the state as they plan for the 250th anniversary of independence for both Delaware and the […]
Delaware 250 Announces Spring 2025 Grant Recipients
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2025
DOVER, Del. – Delaware 250 announced today that six organizations across the State will receive grants totaling $34,445 as part of the spring cycle of the Delaware 250 grant program. The grant program, offered on a quarterly basis, is designed to provide support to museums, historic sites, and other non-profit organizations throughout Delaware as they […]
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 […]
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 […]
