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  Category: Sussex County


Bells throughout Delaware to ring as part of “Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” on April 9, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bells across Delaware will ring in commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s 1865 surrender which effectively ending the American Civil War.




The First State’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in April 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Netherlands connection stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.




Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 1, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

British warship was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs museums closed on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Museums of the state of Delaware closed on April 5, 2015. The John Dickinson Plantation, New Castle Court House and Zwaanendael Museum will also be closed on April 3, 2015.




Delaware Joins National Anti-Texting Effort to Save Lives

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Office of Highway Safety | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015

April is national Distracted Driving Awareness month and from April 10 to 15, 2015. Delaware will join law enforcement across the nation to crack down on handheld cell phone use and/or texting by motorists using a combination of traditional and innovative strategies. This effort is a part of the national U Drive. U Text. U Pay high-visibility enforcement campaign that combines intense enforcement of anti-texting laws with advertising and media outreach to let people know about the enforcement and convince them to obey the law.







  Category: Sussex County

Bells throughout Delaware to ring as part of “Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” on April 9, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bells across Delaware will ring in commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s 1865 surrender which effectively ending the American Civil War.




The First State’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in April 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015

Netherlands connection stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.




Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 1, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

British warship was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs museums closed on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Museums of the state of Delaware closed on April 5, 2015. The John Dickinson Plantation, New Castle Court House and Zwaanendael Museum will also be closed on April 3, 2015.




Delaware Joins National Anti-Texting Effort to Save Lives

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Office of Highway Safety | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015

April is national Distracted Driving Awareness month and from April 10 to 15, 2015. Delaware will join law enforcement across the nation to crack down on handheld cell phone use and/or texting by motorists using a combination of traditional and innovative strategies. This effort is a part of the national U Drive. U Text. U Pay high-visibility enforcement campaign that combines intense enforcement of anti-texting laws with advertising and media outreach to let people know about the enforcement and convince them to obey the law.