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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RYK_salem-united-methodist-church_Newark-DE.html
The origin of Methodism in this part of Delaware can be traced to the early 1770's when a Methodist Society was organized and began meeting in the home of Isaac Hersey, a prominent farmer and miller. Through the efforts of Hersey's step-son Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RYI_christiana-public-school-111-c_Newark-DE.html
Formal education for African American children in Christiana began in the 1880s with the construction of a one-room schoolhouse. Many African American schools in existence at this time were marked by dilapidated facilities, a lack of running water…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RYH_iron-hill-school-112-c_Newark-DE.html
The Iron Hill area was a community of African American farming and mining families. Constructed in 1923, Iron Hill School #112-C was one of over 80 schools built with funding from Pierre S. duPont, who sought to replace rundown public schools with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RYG_iron-hill-school-112-c_Newark-DE.html
The Iron Hill Museum is dedicated to the study of human and natural history of the Iron Hill Area. The Museum is currently engaged in a project to restore the Iron Hill School #112C and document the experiences of African-American students who att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVE_poplar-hall_Newark-DE.html
James Boulden the Elder and his family moved to Delaware from Maryland in the mid-18th century, amassing wealth and expanding their land ownership in Pencader Hundred as the century progressed. The two-story brick mansion house was built during th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QW_samuel-patterson_Columbia-City-DE.html
Operated flour mill one-fourth mile south. Was captain in French and Indian War. In American Revolution was member of Boston Relief Committee, colonel of Delaware battalion of famous "Flying Camp," Brigadier General of Delaware militia and first t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18N7_purple-heart-trail-in-delaware_Newark-DE.html
Dedicated by Governor Jack A. Markell and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of DelawareJuly 27, 2011 The National Purple Heart Trail Memorializes those heroic soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who have had the Purple Heart med…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13AM_british-position_Newark-DE.html
On the morning of September 3, 1777, soldiers of the Hessian Field Jaeger Corps encountered American light infantry positioned in the woods and fields along this road, which led from Aikentown (Glasgow) to Cooch's Bridge. The Americans attacked th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGV_aikens-tavern-historic-district_Newark-DE.html
In the years prior to the Revolutionary War, John Aiken commenced the operation of a tavern and storehouse at this location near the intersection of two of the major roadways of the Delmarva Peninsula. Aided by their proximity to this important cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9LP_delawares-field-of-valor_Newark-DE.html
On 3 September 1777 an American light infantry corps under the command of Brigadier General William Maxwell engaged British and Hessian forces here in the Battle of Cooch's Bridge. Maxwell's Corps was composed of soldiers from New Jersey, North Ca…
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