Pages Tagged With: "History"

Division-sponsored programs in January 2022

Events include a virtual program on the blizzard of 1888 and a live concert by Musically Generated Organism.




Division-sponsored programs in January 2023

Concert and Zwaanendael Museum introductory program to be featured.




Division-sponsored programs in July 2022

Independence Day activities, tours and a program on the DeBraak shipwreck to be featured.




Division-sponsored programs in June 2022

Tours, lectures and Separation Day activities to be featured.




Division-sponsored programs in June 2023

Activities to include programs on Separation Day in New Castle, LGBTQ+ history, and Dover Comic Con panel discussions.




Division-sponsored programs in May 2022

Day-long events and festivals among activities offered.




Division-sponsored programs in May 2023

Dover Days activities, “Life at Sea” and Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site tours among programs to be offered.




Division-sponsored programs in November 2021

A folk music concert, and programs celebrating Dutch American Heritage Day and National Native American Heritage Month among events/topics to be explored.




Division-sponsored programs in November 2022

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




Division-sponsored programs in October 2021

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




Division-sponsored programs in October 2022

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




Division-sponsored programs in September 2021

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.




Division-sponsored programs in September 2022

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




Division’s exhibit of World War II photographs at Middletown Historical Society closed on July 21, 2017

Exhibit, which closed on July 21, 2017, featured photographs taken by Dover, Del. native William D. Willis from 1943 to 1945.




Dover receives Certified Local Government status

Designation encourages successful preservation programs and practices in Delaware’s capital city.




Dover’s Old State House launches coffee-hour lecture series

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