Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor seven special events during May 2017
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2017
Highlights include Dover Days presentations, the Zwaanendael Museum’s Sixth Annual Maritime Festival, and A Day in Old New Castle.
“Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak”
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.
Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: “A Sailor’s Life for Me” in Lewes, Del. over the 2017 Memorial Day weekend
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017
Celebration provides visitors with an opportunity to experience seafaring lives of adventure, romance, excitement and hardships, and to honor mariners who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Delaware’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes’ Zwaanendael Museum in April 2017
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Three special events explore Delaware’s long-standing connection to the Netherlands which stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.
“Founding Fathers and Mothers”: The Old State House’s Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2017
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2017
Lectures feature a team of scholars and historians who will discuss the Founding Fathers of the United States and the women in their lives.
