Press Releases
2024
Delaware Historical Society Names New Director of Read House & Gardens
2022
Delaware Student-Teacher Team Chosen for National History Day Summer Institute in Hawaiʻi
Delaware Historical Society Debuts Public Digital Collections
The Read House & Gardens Announces a Transformative Landscape Partnership
2021
Black History Month with the Jane and Littleton Mitchell Center for African American Heritage
Historic Dr. J. A. Brown Mansion in Danger of Demolition
George Read House II National Endowment for the Humanities HVAC Project Completion
2020
Read House to Stage Modern Photography Exhibit in Historic Mansion
Academic to Discuss Role of Black Latinas in National Politics
Newark Educator Named Master Teacher for Library of Congress, National History Day Partnership
Mitchell Center Presents Harriet Tubman Portrayal
Read House & Gardens Relaunches Community Garden
Delaware National History Day Winners Announced
Delaware Historical Society Celebrates Juneteenth
Cab Students Part of National History Day Student Filmmakers Showcase
Unequal Justice in Delaware Project Hosts First Public Program
Camden, Delaware Teacher Selected for National History Day Fall Webinar Series
2019
Delaware Historical Society Names New Director of Mitchell Center
National History Day Students Preserving History
Bob Marley Collection a Labor of “One Love”
Delaware History Museum and Mitchell Center for African American Heritage Now Open on Sunday
Partnership Formed to Research Unequal Justice in Delaware
2018
Marble Madness! A Family Fun Day
Delaware Historical Society Welcomes Dr. David W. Young as Executive Director
Vietnam Mailbag, Voices From the War: 1968-1972 with Nancy E. Lynch and Rick Lovekin
Wilmington 1968: New Website Empowers Community Reflection
Delaware History Makers Award and Celebration!
World War I themed Writing Workshops
The Delaware Historical Society announces the 2018 Harry N. Baetjer III Junior Fellows Program
Race, Poverty and Delaware Public Education: Policies, Outcomes and Prospects, Part II
Poetry Slam Winners Kick Off Black History Month with a Live Performance!
2017
DHS Announces Delaware Burial Site Discovery, December 2017
Untapped History Gets Crafty,! 2017
Holiday Season Programming – Music, Screenings, and Family Fun!, November 2017
Delaware and World War l: Readings and Reflections, 2017
DHS announces David W. Fleming to serve as Interium CEO, November 3, 2017
Contemporary History Series: Race, Poverty & Delaware Public Education, 2017
Delaware’s Twin Poets Laureate – Family Writing Workshop, 2017
Necromancy at the Read House & Gardens – A Special Supernatural Tour, 2017
Melomanie Up Close & Personal: The Violin & Christof Richter, 2017
DHS hosts Wilmington Classical Guitar Society’s Members Showcase Concert, 2017
Revolutionary Delaware, Lecture and Book Signing, 2017
Untapped History, Game Night, 2017
Gathering for August Quarterly, Family Program, 2017
Freedom School, Summer Program, 2017
Untapped History with David Norbut, 2017
Hooray for Independence Day, 2017
National History Day, Cab Calloway School Winners, 2017
Family Program: An Immigrant’s Journey, 2017
Pop Up Museum Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month, 2017
June Art Loop at the Delaware History Museum, 2017
New Directions in African American History; Lecture with Sonja D. Williams, 2017
Untapped History, Liquid Alchemy, 2017
Endorsing Values of History Relevance
The Twin Poets at the Delaware Historical Society for a creative writing workshop
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Untapped
George Read II House Designated a National Historic Landmark
2016
Almost as Fast As Birds Can Fly
Remembering Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Delaware Historical Society Receives $300,000 Federal Grant
Delaware Historical Society Announces New Trustees
Delaware Historical Society Grand Opening
Delaware History Museum and Center for African American Heritage Grand Opening Set for October 1st
Top Delaware Students Earn Honors at 2016 National History Day Contest
Untapped History Series Continues on July 15 with On the Town
Contemporary History Series Program Set for Immigrant Heritage Month
Delaware Students Advancing to 2016 National History Day Contest
Untapped History Series Kicks Off on May 20 with Game Night
Delaware Students Challenged to Explore History in National History Contest
Delaware Historical Society Celebrates African American History Month
2015
Century Farms Exhibition – an Evening with Artist Mark Reeve for December Art Loop
Delaware History Museum Hosts Story Time Fun Following the Wilmington Jaycees Christmas Parade
Century Farms Exhibition Coming to Wilmington
Brewing in Delaware Talk and Book Signing
Historically Significant Civil War Flag Returns to the Delaware Historical Society
The Aftermath of the American Civil War in Delaware: A Lecture
The Circle of Elders Conversations with Historical Trail Blazers to Feature Dr. James Newton
Delaware History Makers Award Dinner Media Advisory
The Gentleman’s House in the British Atlantic World, 1680-1780, Lecture and Book Signing
Delaware Students Earn Honors at National History Day Contest
Delaware Historical Society Honors Dr. Eugene McGowan
2014
The Civil Rights Movement in Delaware: Its History – Its Legacy – Symposium, October 2 and 3, 2014
Civil War Flag Conservation Project
Special Program: Coming to America: Our Delaware Immigration Story
Sesquicentennial Campaign: Ensuring the Future for Delaware’s Past
Renderings – Delaware Historical Society Downtown Wilmington Campus Capital Improvement Project
History Day Announcement, July 2014
2013
Forging Faith, Building Freedom, September 2013
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