Celebrate Constitution Week at the Delaware Public Archives
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Two hundred and thirty-nine years ago, on September 17, bells rang out in Philadelphia to announce that, after months of debate, the United States Constitution had been signed. This Thursday, September 17, at 4:00 p.m., the Delaware Public Archives will host the Delaware Society, Daughters of the American Revolution for a one-minute ringing of the USS Delaware bell, to commemorate the 239th anniversary of the Constitution’s signing. The bell ringing recalls the bells that sounded […]
Unveiling of New State Historical Marker Honoring Mount Joy United Methodist Church
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2026
For more than a century, Mount Joy United Methodist Church has been an important part of Wilmington’s Black Methodist community. Its history reaches back to the 1870s, when members established Whittington Chapel in South Wilmington, creating a place of worship that would also serve the broader community. On Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., that history will be formally recognized with the unveiling […]
New Delaware Public Archives Exhibit Explores How Railroads Transformed the First State
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 4, 2026
The Delaware Public Archives will open Tracks, Towns, and Transformation: How the Railroad Changed Delaware at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2026. The opening takes place exactly 194 years after the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad made its first locomotive-drawn journey on September 10, 1832, marking an early milestone in Delaware’s railroad history. Spanning nearly two centuries, the exhibit explores how […]
Join us at the Archives for September’s First Saturday Program: Prisoners of Fort Delaware
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2026
Nearly 33,000 Confederate prisoners of war passed through Fort Delaware during the Civil War. Originally built as a coastal defense fortification in the Delaware River, Fort Delaware took on a very different role during the conflict, becoming one of the federal government’s largest and most notorious military prisons. This Saturday, September 5, at 10:30 a.m., join us at […]
Delaware Public Archives Makes History with First-Ever Overnight Event
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
From the evening of August 28 into the morning of August 29, the Delaware Public Archives welcomed young history explorers and their families for Night at the Archives, the first overnight event ever hosted by the Archives. The event received an enthusiastic response from the community, reaching capacity and generating a waitlist within 48 hours of […]
