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’18th Century Market Fair’ on Nov. 6, 2021

Day-long series of programs harkens back to the 1700s when the Dover Green served as the focal point of life in Dover.




’18th Century Trades Day’ at the John Dickinson Plantation on Oct. 13, 2018

Explore Colonial-era job opportunities at the home of the “Penman of the Revolution.”




’18th Century Trades Day’ and evening lantern tours to be featured at John Dickinson Plantation in October 2017

Activities feature two special programs that explore 18th-century trades and pastimes that might have taken place at the property during the lifetime of the “Penman of the Revolution.”




’18th Century Trades Day’ at the John Dickinson Plantation on Oct. 12, 2019

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.




’18th Century Trades Day’ at the John Dickinson Plantation on Oct. 8, 2022

Day-long series of activities explores occupations of the 1700s.




‘A Mere Mock Freedom: Free and Enslaved Black Life in Delaware 1790–1840’

Video explores anti-slavery activity in Delaware in the late-18th century and the subsequent passage of repressive legislation targeting free Blacks in the 19th century.




‘A Seaborne Citizenry: The DeBraak and Its Atlantic World’ exhibit at the Zwaanendael Museum

Exhibit explores His Majesty’s Sloop of War DeBraak, a British warship that was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.




‘Across the Ages to the Edge of the Sea’ lecture series at the Zwaanendael Museum in 2018-2019

Series explores the history of the Lewes, Del. area from the 17th to the 20th centuries.




‘All Aboard: Delaware and the Railroad’

Three-day series of programs explores the importance of railroads to America’s economy and way of life, and their impact on Delaware.




‘An Illegal Activity: The Underground Railroad in Delaware’ exhibit closed on Dec. 7, 2014

EXHIBIT CLOSED on Dec. 7, 2014.




‘An Illegal Activity: The Underground Railroad in Delaware’–exhibit closed on Dec. 7, 2014

EXHIBIT CLOSED Dec. 7, 2014.




‘An Immigrant Story: Crossing the Atlantic in a 17th Century Sailing Ship’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on July 18, 2018

Program explores what life would be like for a two-month crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the New World.




‘Buena Vista Spring Event’ on Saturday, May 13, 2023

Free one-day-only affair showcases one of Delaware’s most historic estates.




‘Change of Command’ among 11 division-sponsored events in June 2018

Programs on Delaware heroes of the War of 1812, dyeing fabrics 18th-century style, and Separation Day in New Castle to be featured.




‘Civil War Band of Brothers: Four Men of the First Delaware Regiment’ — lecture streamed virtually from The Old State House on Oct. 22, 2020

Virtual lecture explores the true stories of four men — a doctor, a chaplain, a soldier and an Irish immigrant — who served in the unit.




‘Coffee, Cross Stitch and Conversation’ at Zwaanendael Museum on Feb. 22, 2020

Museum to feature a workshop on cross stitch, a form of embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.