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 | Newsroom | 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 | Newsroom | 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.
Happy 80th Birthday, Delaware Library Association!
Delaware Libraries | Department of State | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Dover, DE – The Delaware Library Association (DLA) is celebrating 80 years of supporting Delaware and Delaware libraries. DLA champions the role that libraries play as vital community anchors for literacy, education, connection, economic development, and lifelong learning. Christine Payne, DLA President and 2013 School Librarian of the Year stated, “The Delaware Library Association is […]
J. Gordon to display paintings in the Mezzanine Gallery in April
Delaware Division of the Arts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Gordon’s work offers imagery which explores the inherent mutability the artist finds between the world of matter and the world of imagination and dreams.
Sweets and goodies, Earth Day and Colonial games to be featured at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | 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.
