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New Years is right around the corner – and some historic traditions associated with the holiday are on display at the Read House through Saturday. A tour…
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Return Day is a tradition unique to Delaware, a political party of sorts that takes place two days after the Election Day every two years. Political rivals bury the hatched - both literally and figuratively.It’s been going strong for over 150 years.In this month’s History Matters, produced in conjunction with the Delaware Historical Society, Megan Pauly spoke with some of the people involved with the event and those who’ve also dug into its history.
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Thanksgiving is here - but many of holiday traditions we follow today are quite different than those of the early 1900s. For example, it wasn’t always a…
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Below are descriptions from just a few sites from the Friends of Brandywine Springs group's extensive work excavating the historic Brandywine Springs…
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Last month in our History Matters segment, produced in conjunction with the Delaware Historical Society, we told you about the history of Brandywine Springs Park, including its time as an amusement park. What remains of that historic amusement park, which dates back to the early 1900s, is still there, and is one of the only excavated historic amusement park sites in the country.But it's not expert archeologists doing the unearthing: it's trained volunteers.Delaware Public Media's Megan Pauly has the story in part two of our look at Brandywine Springs in History Matters.
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Delaware now has its own African American museum, connected to the Delaware Historical Society’s new Delaware History Museum which opens this weekend.The…
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The Read House in New Castle will be getting some upgrades thanks to a new federal grant.The Read House was built between 1797 and 1804 for the son of…
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A unique piece of Delaware’s African American history has been uncovered: the graves of five soldiers who served in the Union army's Colored Troops during…
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There was a time on the Delmarva Peninsula when passenger trains took people up and down the spine of the First State.Railroads have played a key role in…
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The August Quarterly – an important annual event for African Americans – starts this weekend. The August Quarterly is also known as the “Big Quarterly” –…