Trivia Night Draws Significant Participation Across the State
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025
On December 4, 2025, the Delaware Department of State hosted a Statewide Delaware Day Trivia Contest, the first ever event of its kind. The event was a successful celebration of Delaware’s rich history and marked the “unofficial” kickoff of the Delaware 250 commemoration, which recognizes the upcoming 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. Over 600 […]
DE250 Releases Activity Book for 4th Graders
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Department of Education | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Delaware 250 and the Delaware Public Archives, with support from the Delaware Department of Education, are excited to share a brand-new DE250 Activity Book. Packed with stories, puzzles, games, and Delaware history, the booklet helps students explore the people, places, and events that shaped our state during the American Revolution. The Activity Book is available […]
Loyalists and Patriots in Sussex County at the Archives’ December First Saturday Program
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Join the Delaware Public Archives in Dover on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. for this month’s First Saturday Program, “A County Divided: Loyalists, Patriots, and the Revolutionary Experience in Sussex County,” presented by Dr. Bruce Bendler. Sussex County was deeply split over the question of American independence. While many residents opposed breaking from Great […]
Teachers Invited to Nominate Students for Delaware’s Mock 2nd Continental Congress
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | 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 Day Trivia Goes Statewide on December 4
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Delawareans are invited to put their First State knowledge to the test during a Statewide Delaware Day Trivia Night on Thursday, December 4, from 7–8 p.m. The virtual trivia game is easy to join from anywhere using a mobile phone — at home or alongside friends at one of several community gathering sites across the […]
