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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.



“Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” on April 9, 2015

Bells across Delaware will ring at 3:15 p.m. on April 9, 2015 in commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s 1865 surrender at Appomattox which effectively ending the American Civil War.



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.






 Pages Tagged With: "tourism"

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.



“Bells Across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox” on April 9, 2015

Bells across Delaware will ring at 3:15 p.m. on April 9, 2015 in commemoration of Robert E. Lee’s 1865 surrender at Appomattox which effectively ending the American Civil War.



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.