Dover Days, fabric arts, herbs, and battledore and shuttlecock to be featured at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation in May 2014
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2014
During the month of May 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.
State Suspends Professional Licenses of Delaware Nurses
Department of State | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
(DOVER, Del.) – Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock has ordered the temporary suspension of the Delaware nursing license of Kenneth E. Weichert and Michelle A. Vickers following complaints of engaging in activities that present a clear and immediate danger to the public health. In making his determination, Secretary Bullock considered the written complaints filed by […]
Olga Nielsen to display sculptures and works on paper in the Mezzanine Gallery in May
Delaware Division of the Arts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014
This solo exhibition of Nielsen’s work focuses on portraiture and representations of the feminine figure. Twenty percent of each sale of work from this exhibition will be donated to the Friendship House’s Women’s Day Center.
The “Wooden World Revealed”: The Archaeology and History of His Majesty’s Sloop of War DeBraak
Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The wars on land and sea during the late eighteenth century were an important part of Atlantic history, and unite the naval and maritime histories of many countries around the world. Consequently, a British warship named the DeBraak was escorting and protecting a convoy of British and American merchant ships en route to the United […]
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.
