Historical Affairs programs in July 2022
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Independence Day activities, tours and a program on the DeBraak shipwreck to be featured.
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: The Journals of Rev. Lewis Wheeler Wells
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
With an introduction by Heritage Commission Chair Richard Carter, the journals of Reverend Wells provide a unique perspective on life in Sussex County at the turn of the century. Wells’ original journals still exist and can be viewed at the at the Delaware Public Archives. The Journals of the Reverend Lewis Wheeler Wells, Rector of […]
New Castle Court House Museum
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2022
Historic building reopened after being closed since Dec. 31, 2021 for the installation of a fire sprinkler system.
John Dickinson Plantation Receives Award of Excellence
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Museum honored for its project “Search, Discovery, and Interpretation of the African Burial Ground at the John Dickinson Plantation.”
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: GATH’s Literary Work and Folk
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Monday, June 13, 2022
George Alfred Townsend, known by his pen-name Gath, was one of Delaware’s most famous writers of the 19th century. Born the son of a Methodist pastor in Georgetown, Townsend would work as a war correspondent during the Civil War, write for several newspapers, and publish several books, both fictional and biographical. Many of Gath’s works […]
