On this day in 1910, the Morning News reported Wilmington had bested Atlantic City in a contest neither city had entered: a local mother of 21 (ages 6 to 32) edged the resort's champion of 20. The paper saluted her as "one woman exponent of the Roosevelt anti-race suicide policy."
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Delaware's witchcraft laws stayed on the books until 1953. The year Stalin died.
"Delaware Behaving Badly" iRead Book Tour starts today at Cover Lover Book Review.
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Delaware history is so exciting that the state history museum photo collage of legends doesn't just feature Joe Biden, but also life changing Delawarearans (???) as Valerie Bertinelli and Delino DeShields!
134 years ago today, from the "Morning News" of April 18, 1892:
LUSHINGTON: "My life has been full of mistakes. I made a bad one on the first day of my existence."
SMITH: "What was that?"
LUSHINGTON: "I cried for milk when there was brandy in the house."
On this day in 1945, the News Journal ran this gem out of Rhode Island: a WWI vet claimed his wooden leg froze so brittle he left it in the woodshed — where the cat found it licking maple syrup off it. The cat declined to comment.
(Source: News Journal, April 16, 1945, p. 20) #DelawareHistory #OTD
#Delaware, the first state ☝️
State marine animal: Horseshoe crab 🦀
State tree: American holly 🌳
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🦀| Gregory Breese
🌳| Judy Gallagher
[April 13th, 1926] Built by the British in 1765, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse in Lewes, Delaware collapsed into the sea during a northeast gale. The 93-foot stone tower was the second oldest lighthouse on the Atlantic coast and had been crumbling for years despite efforts to save it.
Congratulations to both Trevor A. Dawes and The University of Delaware (UD) Library, Museums and Press, a longtime member and influential leader, for being named the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Librarian of the Year!
Read more about their award: https://ow.ly/S7jp50YGKsG
Shack, Millsboro, Delaware
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld #EastCoastKin #photography
What Does It Mean to be a Delawarean? By Michele Anstine
Continue the DE in Conversation series with What Does It Mean to Be a Delawarean? on Apr 8 at 6:30 PM at the Delaware City Library.
Presented in partnership with Friends of Fort DuPont, the Delaware City Library, and Delaware Humanities.
Delaware’s 2025 Wildlife Action Plan has been federally approved, outlining conservation strategies for more than 1,000 species and their habitats.
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Multi color tulips in Bethany Beach, Delaware. April 7, 2026
Multi color tulips in Bethany Beach, Delaware. April 7, 2026
Multi color tulips in Bethany Beach, Delaware. April 7, 2026
Multi color tulips in Bethany Beach, Delaware. April 7, 2026
The 17th Annual Lewes Tulip Celebration is the primary spring flower festival near Bethany Beach, occurring from April 1–20, 2026, featuring over 31,000 tulips across Lewes. A smaller, 1st Annual Tulip Festival is also being hosted by Addy Sea Oceanfront Inn in Bethany Beach from April 5–12. #Tulip
Delaware received nearly $160 million from the federal government to bolster rural health care. Now, four vendors are vying to run the state's first medical school, including two Philadelphia institutions: https://ow.ly/kLwN50YFcxx
#TodayInDelawareHistory, April 2, 1918
A Seaford cockerel, two days old, strutted around his brooder, found the highest box he could reach, and let out what the paper called "a lusty throaty noise." He tried twice more. The oldest residents had never seen it before.
Every Evening, Wilmington, 1918.
On this day in history in 1758, American Founding Father Richard Bassett was born.
Bassett represented Delaware in the Constitutional Convention and signed the United States Constitution.
Read more about Bassett in our blog: buff.ly/YAb0fuK
#thisdayinhistory #foundingfather #america #delaware
Bethany Beach Tulip Festival. A collage of various color tulips.
2026 17th annual Lewes/Bethany Tulip Celebration in Delaware runs from April 1–20, 2026, featuring over 36,000+ tulips and bulbs across Lewes and Bethany; Key events include the "Tiptoe to the Tulips" map, Historic Walking Tours, and a Tulip Sale. #Bloom #Tulip #Delaware #Flower #EastCoastKin
The Art’s Alliance gallery spaces showcase artwork created exclusively by local artists, reinforcing the organization’s commitment to supporting creativity within a 25-mile radius of Newark, Delaware.
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April 1, 1970. Not a joke. The Wilmington Morning News pitched luxury water upgrades: his-and-hers sinks (double the dishes!) and a garage faucet — the final frontier of home improvement. Morning News, p. 15. #DelawareHistory #OTD
The Delaware Authors Forum features a steady lineup of workshops, panel discussions, and presentations designed to address real-world challenges writers face.
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Tim Carlin, deputy editor for southern Delaware, is the guest for this episode of “Beyond the Headlines,” sharing what happened when an article took him onto the Leipsic River and Delaware Bay: https://ow.ly/ghqn50YBvOs
Delaware Greenlights Key Wind Power Substation Project #PJM #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #DelawareEnergy #EnergyGrid #WindPower
Grace Hartigan (3/28/1922-11/15/2008), leading Abstract Expressionist known for incorporating representational imagery into her abstract canvases.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine by Grace Hartigan
1983 / Oil on canvas / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Governor Stitt Leads NGA Delegation to Study Swiss Apprenticeship System
https://www.europesays.com/ch/40795/
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer Joins Gov. Stitt, Swiss officials for “Reimagine Learning” conference Zurich, Switzerland – NGA Chair Oklahoma…
Delaware State University is a powerful example of the transformative impact an institution can have on the local economy when a state invests meaningfully in higher education https://bit.ly/4bDdYDb
The press release I made and fired off to several local and national outlets got picked up in Out & About Delaware, online and in print! Get your copy of Poems to Stage Dive to by the marvelous and kind @adamg.bsky.social right now for the low low price of 2 Fugazi tickets.
Delaware State University will welcome two top CEOs as keynote speakers for its May 15 commencement ceremonies in Dover.
Thomas McKean, who served in the Continental Congress as a representative from Delaware while also serving as chief justice of Pennsylvania, is born #OnThisDay in 1734.
Learn more about McKean’s constitutional legacy on #ConstitutionDaily: https://ow.ly/K9Xh50Ysto1
