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  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs


Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware proclaimed

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014

Governor Jack Markell has issued a proclamation declaring March 10, 2014 as Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware in commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the death of the noted Underground Railroad conductor.



Lecture on the history of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry to take place at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014

Listing of museum events through June 2014 also included.



“Pi(e) Day at the Plantation” at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014

Listing of plantation events through August 2014 also included.



EVENT POSTPONED–“Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware” lecture in New Castle, Del. on March 5, 2014

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

The lecture “Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware,” originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the New Castle Court House Museum in New Castle, Del., has been postponed.



“Abolition and the Hunn Family”: Lecture by Robin Krawitz, president of the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware, on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Dover, Del.’s Old State House

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014

Lecture will explore the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad in Delaware with a spotlight on the Hunn family, many of whose members participated in anti-slavery activities.






  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs

Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware proclaimed

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014

Governor Jack Markell has issued a proclamation declaring March 10, 2014 as Harriet Tubman Day in Delaware in commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the death of the noted Underground Railroad conductor.



Lecture on the history of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry to take place at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014

Listing of museum events through June 2014 also included.



“Pi(e) Day at the Plantation” at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014

Listing of plantation events through August 2014 also included.



EVENT POSTPONED–“Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware” lecture in New Castle, Del. on March 5, 2014

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

The lecture “Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware,” originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the New Castle Court House Museum in New Castle, Del., has been postponed.



“Abolition and the Hunn Family”: Lecture by Robin Krawitz, president of the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware, on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Dover, Del.’s Old State House

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Date Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014

Lecture will explore the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad in Delaware with a spotlight on the Hunn family, many of whose members participated in anti-slavery activities.