The Delaware Public Archives is happy to present the installation of a NEW Delaware Historical Marker, “Women’s Suffrage in Delaware.” This Marker remembers the 1920 conference that was held by Sussex County’s members of the General Assembly that heard opinions in support of and against women’s suffrage. This Delaware Historical Marker, the third of four […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, October 8, 2021 at 6 p.m. ET, The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College Director Adam Goodheart will speak with Professor Van E. Gosse about Kent County native and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet and the origins of Black politics. Gosse is the author of a new book […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – From Friday–Saturday, October 1–3, 2021 the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will once again host one of the nation’s largest gatherings of small boat enthusiasts and unique watercraft at Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival XXXVII. During the festival, CBMM guests can marvel at the craftsmanship and innovation used in traditional and contemporary small […]
Continue ReadingDid you miss the Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street exhibition, when is was in Centreville earlier in the summer? It is now at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University. The exhibition is on view Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., through September […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The 18th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) is coming to Maryland’s Eastern Shore, with the exhibition to be hosted in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Steamboat Building in St. Michaels, MD, from October 22, 2021, through February 22, 2022. On the heels of the American Society […]
Continue ReadingKenneth Herlihy, a Fund Manager in Philadelphia, PA, who moved to Georgetown, MD where he worked as a sculptor in marble and bronze died on August 20, 2021. He was 92. The statues of baseball greats Jimmie Foxx in Sudlersville and Bill “Swish” Nicholson in Chestertown, and the Oysterman Memorial in Rock Hall are three […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Elf Classic Yacht Race returns to the Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, September 18, 2021, with the traditional yacht race taking place again this year on the Miles River in St. Michaels, Md. The annual race is jointly sponsored by the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, […]
Continue ReadingSG (Steve) Atkinson, Eastern Shore Photographer and Publisher of ChesaDel Crier, announces three Wall Calendars of his photographs. A 16-month 2021-22, “Chesapeake Country Roads”, and two 12 month 2022, “Chesapeake Country Roads – Mid-Shore”, and “Kent County in Pictures”. The calendars are published by ShoreToBeFun and are printed and sold through Lulu.com, an online self-publishing […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – This fall, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will present Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy, a virtual talk on diversity in the whaling industry. Scheduled for 3pm on Monday, October 4, 2021 the presentation will feature author Skip Finley live via Zoom. New Bedford, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Eastern Long […]
Continue ReadingBetween the burning of Washington and the attack on Fort McHenry was the Battle of Caulk’s Field on the Delmarva Peninsula in Kent County, MD. Taking place on the night of August 30, and early morning hours of August 31, 1814, Captain Sir Peter Parker, commander of the frigate HM Menelaus, learning of a a […]
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