Delaware 250: Grants for Museums, Heritage Groups, and Non-Profits – Winter 2024
Delaware 250 Grants for Museums, Heritage Groups, and Non-Profits The Winter 2024 Grant Cycle has closed. For information on Delaware 250 grants, please visit www.Delaware250.org About Delaware 250 The year 2026 will see the United States Semiquincentennial, the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of America’s (and Delaware’s) independence. This anniversary provides an opportunity […]
Exhibit at the Delaware Public Archives: Celebrating Emily Bissell, “The Christmas Seal Story”
This holiday season the Delaware Public Archives will present an exhibit “Celebrating Emily Bissell: The Christmas Seal Story.” The exhibit chronicles the beginning of Christmas Seals, and presents historic Christmas Seals, scrap books, photographs and documents related to Ms. Bissell’s efforts to foster public interest and gain support to raise funds to battle tuberculosis.
The State of Delaware hires 250th Anniversary Coordinator
GEARING UP FOR THE CELEBRATIONS The State of Delaware hires 250th Anniversary Coordinator The Delaware Heritage Commission and the Delaware Public Archives are pleased to announce the hiring of Ms. Margaret Hughes for the position of The State of Delaware’s 250th Anniversary Coordinator. Ms. Hughes will be responsible for communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with individuals, […]
Delaware Public Archives Celebrates African American History Month
The Delaware Public Archives has unveiled a new exhibition in its lobby, “Celebrating African American History in The First State” that features every State of Delaware Historical Marker related to Black history and the significance behind them. “With this display, we honor some oft overlooked accomplishments of Black Delawareans in every area of endeavor of […]
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: The Adams Home Farm of Northwest Fork Hundred
In this monograph, Catherine Adams Masek examines the life and times of the Adams family and the farm they’ve lived on for seven generations. In fact, the farm has been continuously operated by the same family since 1862! Including original family photographs, this is an incredible story of family and tradition, through the lens of […]
