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Historical play about the Delaware patriot by museum historic-site interpreter David Price.
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Museum to feature a workshop on cross stitch, a form of embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.
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Eleven Lenapé-themed programs to be presented at three downtown Dover locations.
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Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck
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Event will include scholarly presentations on My Lord’s Gift, a 17th century archaeological site in Queenstown, Md.; and the Coleman Farm, Reedy Island and Fort Casimir sites in Delaware.
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Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to solve a grisly murder based on an actual Dover court case.
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Work is underway to restore the Weldin House in Wilmington. Find out what HCA has planned.
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Highlights include programs on Black leaders in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, African Americans on the Eastern Shore and screenings of the three-part “American Epic” which explores how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time.
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Archaeological investigation seeks to find evidence of the fort originally built by Dutch settlers in 1651.
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Naval engagement played a decisive role in America’s victory in its struggle for independence from Great Britain.
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Site likely holds the enslaved individuals and other African Americans who lived, worked, and died on land owned by the Dickinson family.
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Organizers of the 2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium are calling for presentations for the April 27 event.
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Program cancelled due to Hurricane-Florence-related cancellations by panelists.
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Program cancelled based on anticipated heavy rain and wind.
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By Paul Nasca, curator of archaeology at the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Without a doubt, the single largest and most challenging artifact to care for in the state’s archaeological collections is the hull remnant of the HMS DeBraak. The HMS DeBraak was a British warship that was escorting and protecting a convoy of […]
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By Elizabeth Coulter, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Curator of Collections The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs has recently accessioned two works by contemporary artists James Wyatt and J the Artist that memorialize the political and social moment of 2020. The Division currently accepts donations to the state’s Historic Collection, and […]
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