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Zwaanendael Maritime Festival: “A Sailor’s Life for Me” to take place in Lewes, Del.

May 24, 2014 program explores the adventure, romance, excitement and hardships experienced by 18th- and 19th-century seafarers.



Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to offer 16 special events during July 2014

Programs to be held at the state of Delaware’s six museums. Independence Day festivities, hands-on history and DeBraak tours to be featured.



Symposium on the Early Colonial Archaeology of the Delaware Valley Region to be held at Delaware’s New Castle Court House Museum on May 10, 2014

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the early colonial cultures in the region.



Dover Days, fabric arts, herbs, and battledore and shuttlecock to be featured at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation in May 2014

During the month of May 2014, the John Dickinson Plantation, located at 340 Kitts Hummock Rd. in Dover, Del., will present four special programs that explore different aspects of everyday life as it would have been lived during the 18th century when John Dickinson was in residence at the property.



The “Wooden World Revealed”: The Archaeology and History of His Majesty’s Sloop of War DeBraak

The wars on land and sea during the late eighteenth century were an important part of Atlantic history, and unite the naval and maritime histories of many countries around the world. Consequently, a British warship named the DeBraak was escorting and protecting a convoy of British and American merchant ships en route to the United […]






 Pages Tagged With: "history"

Zwaanendael Maritime Festival: “A Sailor’s Life for Me” to take place in Lewes, Del.

May 24, 2014 program explores the adventure, romance, excitement and hardships experienced by 18th- and 19th-century seafarers.



Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to offer 16 special events during July 2014

Programs to be held at the state of Delaware’s six museums. Independence Day festivities, hands-on history and DeBraak tours to be featured.



Symposium on the Early Colonial Archaeology of the Delaware Valley Region to be held at Delaware’s New Castle Court House Museum on May 10, 2014

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the early colonial cultures in the region.



Dover Days, fabric arts, herbs, and battledore and shuttlecock to be featured at Dover, Del.’s John Dickinson Plantation in May 2014

During the month of May 2014, the John Dickinson Plantation, located at 340 Kitts Hummock Rd. in Dover, Del., will present four special programs that explore different aspects of everyday life as it would have been lived during the 18th century when John Dickinson was in residence at the property.



The “Wooden World Revealed”: The Archaeology and History of His Majesty’s Sloop of War DeBraak

The wars on land and sea during the late eighteenth century were an important part of Atlantic history, and unite the naval and maritime histories of many countries around the world. Consequently, a British warship named the DeBraak was escorting and protecting a convoy of British and American merchant ships en route to the United […]