The First State’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in April 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
British warship was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.
New campground and other enhancements transform Delaware Seashore State Park
Governor Jack Markell, Federal Highway Administration Delaware Administrator Mary Ridgeway, DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan, and DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation Director Ray Bivens joined other officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, opening the brand new North Inlet Campground and enabling the public to enjoy other new improvements at Delaware Seashore State Park.
Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 20 special events during April 2015
Delaware’s Dutch heritage, living-history performances by the American Historical Theatre, and Earth Day at the John Dickinson Plantation among events to be presented.
Bill Ayrey of space-suit manufacturer ILC Dover to discuss space travel at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum on March 14, 20
Lab manager and company historian from ILC Dover will discuss the future of space travel and space suits from the early 2000s to the present.
