Delaware 250 Announces Spring 2025 Grant Recipients
DOVER, Del. – Delaware 250 announced today that six organizations across the State will receive grants totaling $34,445 as part of the spring cycle of the Delaware 250 grant program. The grant program, offered on a quarterly basis, is designed to provide support to museums, historic sites, and other non-profit organizations throughout Delaware as they […]
Can You Find the Liberty Trail? A Photographic Scavenger Hunt Through Dover, Delaware
This summer, the Delaware Public Archives invites you to step into history and explore the Capital City like never before with Can You Find the Liberty Trail?—a free photographic scavenger hunt through downtown Dover! Grab your phone or camera, a sense of adventure, and a copy of our game booklet, which features 11 historical photographs […]
Explore Delaware’s Revolutionary Homefront at the Archives’ July First Saturday Program
While famous battles and legendary figures often dominate Revolutionary War history, Delaware’s story runs deeper, woven through the everyday acts of courage, leadership, and sacrifice made by its citizens. On Saturday, July 12, at 10:30 a.m., the Delaware Public Archives invites you to explore that story in the First Saturday program: In Common Cause: Delaware’s Homefront in the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary Lives Exhibit Opens July 3 to Kick Off Countdown to America’s 250th
Delaware’s role in the fight for independence—and how generations have remembered it—is the focus of a compelling new exhibit, Revolutionary Lives: 1776 to Tomorrow, opening at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Delaware Public Archives. Launching exactly one year before the United States marks its Semiquincentennial, the exhibit explores how Delawareans have […]
Delaware Public Archives Reveals Delaware’s Unusual Treasures in New Digital Exhibit
The Delaware Public Archives invites the public to take a closer look at the quirky, curious, and captivating side of Delaware’s history in its new digital exhibit Unusual Treasures. This engaging collection brings together more than two dozen items that reflect the richness of the First State’s archival holdings. Far from traditional birth certificates […]
