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Day-long series of activities explores occupations of the 1700s including preserving food in the smokehouse, dyeing cloth, carpentry, blacksmithing and making bricks out of clay.

Historical play about the Delaware patriot by museum historic-site interpreter David Price.

Works by Delaware fourth-grade students illustrating the U.S. Constitution and Delaware’s role in its writing and ratification.

Series to feature Bill Manthorpe, retired U.S. Navy captain and author.

Free outdoor, family-fun event also includes activities and food.

Four-part series explores historical clothing and textiles.

Activities to include demonstrations by the First Delaware Regiment and “Caesar Rodney in his Own Words,” a historical play exploring the views of the famed Delaware patriot.

The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the space program and rock ‘n’ roll will be among the 1960s-era topics to be explored.

Fun and thought-provoking Constitutional programs to take place on April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019.

Theatrical performance in which the celebrated British detective is called upon to solve a grisly case at Delaware College.

Event commemorates the 337th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.

Photographic chronicle of events during December 2019 sponsored by the division and its partnering organizations.

Highlights include programs on the Underground Railroad, Black recording artists and record labels from the early 20th century, and First African Baptist Church cemeteries in Philadelphia.

Program designed to meet Next Generation science standards as well as Common Core state standards for art and history.

Archaeological investigation seeks to find evidence of the fort originally built by Dutch settlers in 1651.

New employee has 39 years of experience in archaeology and historic preservation.