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DOVER, DE – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will feature “S.T.R.E.A.M” as the theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State.” The program will feature a variety of free events and activities. The John Bell House will feature “Herbal Remedies,” a program taking place throughout the day about what […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will take a closer look at types of 18th-century music in Delaware from 9 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the John Bell House on The Green. The public is invited to have some fun and sing along with “Music and Song in a Public […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will offer lantern tours of The Green and three historic Dover cemeteries at 8 p.m. Fridays from April 5 – June 7. Take a walk through Dover’s history by the light of a lantern on one of four different evening tours offered by the park. · Lantern […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE –DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will explore the stories and contributions of Delaware women March 2 for the park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State” program. The day’s schedule will feature a variety of free events and activities marking Women’s History Month, with the focus on how women have changed the state […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s First State Heritage Parks’ monthly “First Saturday in the First State” will host “Black Migrations, Urban Realities for the African-American Community in Delaware,” and other programs as a part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the national organization that founded African-American History Month. The “First […]
Continue ReadingDOVER – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park’s most popular event returns to The Green this Halloween season. During the park’s “Dark Dover” program, visitors will witness firsthand chilling true stories, and encounter characters whose legends have left their sinister imprint on The Green in Dover. Eighteenth-century judge Samuel Chew and the murdered servant Cooch Turner […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park’s lantern tours of The Green and three of Dover’s historic cemeteries will entertain with stories from Dover’s history at 8 p.m. on Friday evenings this fall. Take a walk through Dover’s history by the light of a lantern on one of the four of the evening tours […]
Continue ReadingDOVER – DNREC’s First State Heritage Park will feature “Science Exploration” as the theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State,” with a variety of free events and activities. The John Bell House will feature “Revolutionary Medicine,” a program offered throughout the day about what medicine was like in […]
Continue ReadingDNREC’s First State Heritage Park will explore “Patriotic Traditions” as its theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State” in July. The program will feature a variety of free events and activities. The John Bell House and Kent County Courthouse will give special focus to the African-American experience during […]
Continue ReadingDNREC’s First State Heritage Park will “Celebrate Summer” as the theme for the First State Heritage Park’s monthly “First Saturday in the First State.” The program will feature a variety of free events and activities. “The Invention of Childhood” will be presented at the John Bell House, with the help of middle-school students from Campus […]
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