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Historical and Cultural Affairs Newsletter, April 25, 2016 * Volume 9, Issue 4

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Historical and Cultural Affairs

The historic-preservation and museums newsletter of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.

April 25, 2016 * Volume 9, Issue 4

News

Capital improvements completed at state-owned historic properties in New Castle

State invested $350,000 for projects at the New Castle Court House Museum, Arsenal, Academy and Green.

Before and after photos of repairs to the New Castle Academy’s garden wall.

Division to sponsor 14 special programs during May 2016

Highlights of the month include programs on the saving of The Old State House, a symposium on the early Colonial archaeology of the Delaware Valley region and the Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration.

The Life and Love of Ethel Canby Peets

Article on the noted Delaware artist written by division intern Amanda Svehla.

Read more …

Division staff news

Additions made to volunteer-services, horticulture and site-management teams and at the Buena Vista Conference Center.

Quilt Documentation Day to take place at Lewes Presbyterian Church on April 30, 2016

Project is designed to record the rich tradition of quilt-making in the state of Delaware.

“The Old State House: A True Restoration 1976-2016”

Display will open at Dover's Old State House on May 4, 2016.

Go here for more news items …

Help Save Delaware History

Division seeks architectural historian

Application deadline: April 29, 2016

Theme of 2016 Dover Days Festival is historic preservation

Division will be offering several programs including those celebrating the 1976 restoration of The Old State House.

Archaeological symposium at the New Castle Court House Museum on May 7, 2016

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the early colonial cultures in the region.

Wine and Spirits in Delaware exhibit to open in Lewes April 2

Cape Gazette, Lewes, Del.—March 29, 2016

‘Wine and Spirits in Delaware’ exhibit to open April 2

Sussex Countian, Georgetown, Del.—March 24, 2016

Events

Saturday, April 30

King’s Day – Zwaanendael Museum

Quilt Documentation Day – Lewes Presbyterian Church

Sunday, May 1

Iron Hill Archaeology and Heritage Festival – Iron Hill Museum

Post Cards of the Past – The Old State House

Tuesday, May 3

Preserving Sussex County History: The Green Book – Laurel Public Library

Wednesday, May 4

Hale-Byrnes Open House – Hale-Byrnes House

Friday, May 6

There’s a Party in the House – The Old State House

Friday–Sunday, May 6–8

Dover Days Festival – Downtown Dover

Saturday, May 7

Symposium on the Early Colonial Archaeology of the Delaware Valley – New Castle Court House Museum

Dover Days at the John Dickinson Plantation – John Dickinson Plantation

Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8

Dover Days at The Old State House – The Old State House

Sounds of War: Patriotic Music – Johnson Victrola Museum

Wednesday, May 11

1774—The Continental-Congress Era Begins – New Castle Court House Museum

Saturday, May 14

Military Encampment – Pencader Heritage Museum

Demonstrations by the Thistledown Fiber Arts Guild – John Dickinson Plantation

Black Patriots of the American Revolution – Hale-Byrnes House

Sunday, May 15

Armchair Tour of Market Street, Wilmington – Hale-Byrnes House

Friday, May 20

African-American History in 20th Century Delaware: The Green Book – City of Wilmington

Saturday, May 21

A Day in Old New Castle – Downtown New Castle

Running of the Mill – Abbott’s Mill Nature Center

Saturday, May 28

A Sailor’s Life for Me – Zwaanendael Museum

Monday, May 30

Memorial Day – Johnson Victrola Museum, Old State House, John Dickinson Plantation, New Castle Court House Museum and the Zwaanendael Museum will be open.

For a comprehensive, long-term calendar of division-sponsored events, go here.

Exhibits and displays

May 4, 2016–mid-April, 2017

The Old State House: A True Restoration 1976-2016 – The Old State House

Thru Dec. 31, 2016

Wine and Spirits in Delaware: Producing, Preserving, and Presenting – Zwaanendael Museum

Ongoing

Called to Service: Women’s Roles During World War II – Legislative Hall

Discovering Delaware’s Maritime Past – Zwaanendael Museum

Emeline Hawkins: Her Journey from Slavery to Freedom on the Underground Railroad – New Castle Court House Museum

Middletown Goes To War – Middletown Historical Society

Sculpture by Charles Parks – New Castle Court House Museum

A Seaborne Citizenry: The DeBraak and Its Atlantic World – Zwaanendael Museum

Simple Machines – John Dickinson Plantation

Through the Lens – Seaford Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs

The historic-preservation and museums newsletter of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.

Historical and Cultural Affairs is designed to stimulate public interest in the division's museums, programs and services, and to increase awareness of the value that history and historic preservation bring to the lives of Delaware's citizens and visitors. The newsletter is distributed during the last week of each month, via e-mail, to division staff members, Delaware's historical- and preservation-related communities and friends. Please submit relevant articles, news items and suggestions to Jim Yurasek, newsletter editor, at jim.yurasek@state.de.us.

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