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  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs


Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 2, 2014

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Beginning on June 2, 2014, the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs will again offer public lecture/tours of the hull of His Majesty’s Sloop DeBraak, a British warship that was escorting and protecting a convoy of British and American merchant ships en route to the United States when it was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to offer 20 special events during June 2014

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014

Programs to be held at the state of Delaware’s six museums. Highlights include Delaware’s Second Constitutional Convention, founding father Benjamin Rush and Separation Day.




Sweets and goodies, Earth Day and Colonial games to be featured at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014

During the month of April 2014, the John Dickinson Plantation, located at 340 Kitts Hummock Rd. in Dover, Del., will present four special programs that explore different aspects of everyday life as it would have been lived during the 18th century when John Dickinson was in residence at the property.




Delaware’s Dutch heritage, the environment in colonial Delaware and the Lewes Tulip Festival to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014

During the month of April 2014, the Zwaanendael Museum, located at 102 Kings Highway in Lewes, Del., will present four special programs on Delaware history.




“Delaware and the Underground Railroad Through Poetry” at Dover, Del.’s Old State House

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014

On Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 1 p.m., The Old State House, located at 25 The Green in Dover, Del., will present a program of poetry written about the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States.







  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs

Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 2, 2014

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Beginning on June 2, 2014, the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs will again offer public lecture/tours of the hull of His Majesty’s Sloop DeBraak, a British warship that was escorting and protecting a convoy of British and American merchant ships en route to the United States when it was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to offer 20 special events during June 2014

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014

Programs to be held at the state of Delaware’s six museums. Highlights include Delaware’s Second Constitutional Convention, founding father Benjamin Rush and Separation Day.




Sweets and goodies, Earth Day and Colonial games to be featured at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014

During the month of April 2014, the John Dickinson Plantation, located at 340 Kitts Hummock Rd. in Dover, Del., will present four special programs that explore different aspects of everyday life as it would have been lived during the 18th century when John Dickinson was in residence at the property.




Delaware’s Dutch heritage, the environment in colonial Delaware and the Lewes Tulip Festival to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014

During the month of April 2014, the Zwaanendael Museum, located at 102 Kings Highway in Lewes, Del., will present four special programs on Delaware history.




“Delaware and the Underground Railroad Through Poetry” at Dover, Del.’s Old State House

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014

On Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 1 p.m., The Old State House, located at 25 The Green in Dover, Del., will present a program of poetry written about the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States.