DOVER, DE — Delaware fourth-grade students will showcase their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and Delaware’s role in the founding of the nation in a series of creative displays on view from November 13 to December 12, 2019 at Legislative Hall, located at 411 Legislative Ave. in Dover, Del. The home of Delaware’s General Assembly, […]
Continue Reading“A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware” Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Delaware Public Archives – 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. N. – Dover, DE 19901 www.archives.delaware.gov Presenter: Chief Dennis Coker The Delaware Public Archives will commemorate Native American Heritage month with a presentation by Dennis J. Coker, Principal Chief […]
Continue ReadingDover, DE—Kent County Tourism Corporation is proud to announce its 2019 Celebration of Tourism Luncheon & Awards recipients. This event will be held on Friday, November 1, 2019 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino from 11a.m. to 2p.m. This year’s Luncheon will feature keynote speaker, Kevin Reilly. Kevin speaks from the heart and uses his […]
Continue ReadingFrom the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screen in Delaware is more than a century old. Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, 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–Kent County Tourism Corporation, the county’s local destination marketing organization (DMO), hosted a travel familiarization (FAM) tour of Delaware’s Quaint Villages on June 4-6. The touring group involved professional travel writers and group tour planners from all over the Mid-Atlantic and as far as Lynchburg, Virginia, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts. The FAM Tour […]
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 — Mark your calendars for the 86th Annual Dover Days Festival presented by WSFS Bank on Saturday, May 4th 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s festival is in conjunction with the NASCAR Spring Races at Dover International Speedway starting Friday, May 3rd to Sunday, May 5th. (scroll down for the […]
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 Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that construction of the new wildlife observation tower and associated boardwalk has begun on the Main Tract of the Little Creek Wildlife Area near Dover. The project will replace the existing wildlife observation tower and boardwalk with an upgraded, more accessible facility that will […]
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