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An 18th century market fair, concert, tours, historical cuisine and programs celebrating Dutch- and Native-American heritage to be explored.

18th century trades, true crime in song and walking tours of a historic cemetery among programs/topics to be explored.

Series on the War of 1812, Mysteries of History , William Penn Day, concerts and outdoor events to be featured.

Events include a wetland walk and campfire, a program on Colonial Delaware crime and punishment, and a wide variety of activities associated with “The I’s Have It: Industry, Innovation, and Invention,” Delaware’s 23rd annual Chautauqua.

Events include lectures, tours and Delaware’s 24th Chautauqua tent show.

Accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

New series of history lectures to be held during the time period just after people have left work for the day.

Students participated in programs at four Delaware historic sites in July 2015.

Free interactive, history-related activities to be presented at four historic sites located in Dover, Del.

Aug. 2, 2014 activities to offer fresh perspectives on Delaware history.

Fun events with a touch of history are planned for Dutch-American Friendship Day at the Zwaanendael Museum on Saturday, April 16.

Dutch-American Heritage Day commemorates Nov. 16, 1776, the date when the Netherlands became the first nation to recognize the newly independent United States.

The public will soon be able to explore information on a handful of the free and enslaved people who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation through an enhanced online spreadsheet that is part of a larger Plantations Stories Project.

Sept. 2, 2017 event moved from outdoors on the Dover Green to indoors at The Old State House.

Program explores the importance of railroads to America’s economy and way of life, and their impact on Delaware.

Sunday, May 1, 2016 event to be rescheduled.