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Newsletter of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Aug. 29, 2016 * Volume 9, Issue 8

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Historical and Cultural Affairs

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

Aug. 29, 2016 * Volume 9, Issue 8

News

Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at division museums during September 2016

Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.

Lenape fancy dancer. The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware will be celebrating its heritage with drums, songs and dancing on Sept. 3, 2016.

Free admission beginning Aug. 31, 2016 for “Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak”

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.

Read more …

Division’s exhibit of World War II photographs moves to the Middletown Historical Society

Exhibit features photographs taken by Dover, Del. native William D. Willis from 1943 to 1945.

“Listen Up!”: How About Something Different?

Division’s spoken-word program to explore Native-American themes on Sept. 3, 2016.

Go here for more news items …

Help Save Delaware History

Kara Briggs joins the division staff as an architectural historian

New employee will serve in the State Historic Preservation Office.

Fort Dupont project combines waterfront development with historic preservation

WDDE Radio, Dover, Del.—Aug. 19, 2016

Site originally built for coastal defense during the American Civil War.

Grants for historic preservation

National Park Service now accepting applications for African American Civil Rights Grants.

“Preserving Our Past for a Better Future: Delaware’s Historic Preservation Plan, 2013–2017”

Document provides a roadmap for focusing on the broad goals and needs of Delaware's preservation community.

Media Roundup

The following Delaware history-related articles have recently appeared in the media:

11 ways you can still savor summer with these lesser-known national parks

Washington Examiner, D.C.—Aug.17, 2016

Article includes information on the First State National Historical Park.

Two new exhibits to open at museum in Middletown

Middletown Transcript, Del.—Aug. 10, 2016

“World War II Through the Lens of William D. Willis: a photographic exhibit” was designed by the division.

Listen Up Delaware
The Delaware Way, KJWP TV, Wilmington, Del.—Aug. 8, 2016

Television segment explores the division’s spoken-word program which is designed to teach young people about Delaware history.

Enlighten Me: Reopening Fort Christina

WDDE Radio, Dover, Del.—July 29, 2016

Park re-opened through partnership between the division, the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation and the First State National Historic Park.

Mended clothing helps mend lives in Delaware

News Journal, Wilmington, Del.—July 16, 2016

Buena Vista Conference Center was a partner in the program.

Articles on Abbott’s Mill

Division leases the historic mill building to the Delaware Nature Society.

Fall Weather Brings Play Back Home

Milford LIVE, Del.—Aug. 21, 2016

Abbott’s Mill Nature Center celebrates 35 years

Delaware State News, Dover, Del.—Aug. 17, 2016

Events

Wednesday, Aug. 31

Weaving Wednesday – John Dickinson Plantation

Wednesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 31; Sept. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29

Lost Off Lewes: Tours of the British Warship DeBraak – Zwaanendael Museum

Saturday, Sept. 3

The First People of the First State: A Lenape Celebration of Heritage – The Green, Dover

Lenape Drums on The Green – The Green, Dover

Battlefield Memorial Ceremony – Pencader Heritage Museum

Trades of the Plantation: Plaster-Casting – John Dickinson Plantation

Saturday, Sept. 3 and Monday, Sept. 5

Man’s Best Friend – Johnson Victrola Museum

Monday, Sept. 5

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

Post Cards of Dover – The Old State House

The Long Road to Recognition – The Old State House

Wednesday, Sept. 7

Hale-Byrnes Open House – Hale-Byrnes House

Saturday, Sept. 10

Trades of the Plantation: Weaving – John Dickinson Plantation

Delaware State Parks: Time Travelers – The Old State House

Demonstrations by the Thistledown Fiber Arts Guild – John Dickinson Plantation

Annual Lafayette's Birthday Party – Hale-Byrnes House

Lighthouse Sunset Cruise – Lewes Harbor

Sunday, Sept. 11

Land Grants in Mill Creek Hundred – Hale-Byrnes House

Wednesday, Sept. 14

1779-1780: War and Politics – New Castle Court House Museum

Saturday, Sept. 17

Trades of the Plantation: Blacksmithing – John Dickinson Plantation

We ARE Still Here! – The Old State House

Running of the Mill – Abbott’s Mill Nature Center

Saturday, Sept. 24

Historic Claymont Tour – Claymont

Trades of the Plantation: Smokehouse – John Dickinson Plantation

Surviving Invasion: The First People of the First State – The Old State House

Songs and Stories: Oral Traditions of Delaware’s Native Peoples – Zwaanendael Museum

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

Exhibits and displays

Thru Dec. 31, 2016

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

Thru mid-April, 2017

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

Thru August 2017

World War II Through the Lens of William D. Willis – Middletown Historical Society

Ongoing

Discovering Delaware’s Maritime Past – Zwaanendael Museum

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

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

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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