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The Historical Society hangs United States flags in Port Penn for sitnificant holidays throughout the year.
This year we received a grant through the Delaware Humanities and
National Endowment for the Humanities replace worn flags and broken hardware.
Funding has been provided from the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Delaware
Humanities as part of the 2020 Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
Act of 2020.
 
The first of the Historic House Plaques
has been installed. Here are some of
the homeowners showing off their homes and
plaques.
Our annual Spring Fling Members' Event,
originally scheduled for April 19th, has
been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19
outbreak. We are tentatively planning a
spring 2021 date. Please check back here
for a notification about the new date.
Come and joins us for our annual Members'
Event.
This year will be at the Interpretive Center
in Port Penn. Stop by to catch up with your
friends and find out what the Historical
Society has been up to.
Sunday, May 5th 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Click
here to learn more.
Our latest newsletter for Spring 2019 is
available online. In this issue you can
learn about the history of the Ashton Tract
and Ashton Historic District just north
of Port Penn, and learn some interesting
trivia about early Port Penn (and our royal
connection!). It also has a list of events
planned for the Interpretive Center, and
the world-renowned President's Letter.
Click here to view it!
Come and joins us for our annual Members'
Event.
This year will be at the Ashton Tract just
north of Port Penn. Stop by to catch up
with your friends and find out what the
Historical Society has been up to.
Sunday, September 16th 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Click
here to learn more.
Celebrating a tradition of boats, hunting,
fishing & trapping at the Grass Dale
Center in Delaware City.
Saturday, May 19th 11:00am - 4:00pm
Click here to learn more.
Spring Newsletter 2018
Our latest newsletter for Spring 2018 is
available online. In this issue you can
learn about the history of the Port Penn
School, meet the new Parks Manager, and
read about our upcoming 2018 Wetlands Festival.
It also has a list of events planned for
the Interpretive Center, and the ever-popular
President's Letter.
Click here to view it!
Quarterly Meetings
The Historical Society meets quarterly at
the Port Penn Interpretive Center. Join
us to find out what we are up to, offer
suggestions, and volunteer to help us out.
Thursday, March 1, 2018 6:30 pm
Thursday, June 7, 2018 6:30 pm
Sunday, September 16 2018 (our Members'
Event)
Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:30 pm
Welcome Mike Hitch
New Fort Delaware Park Superintendent
Mike Hitch is the new
Park Superintendent at Fort Delaware State
Park, Fort DuPont State Park, and Port Penn
Interpretive Center. Mike has been in this
position since May of 2017.
Mike started his State
Parks career in May of 2013 when he was
hired as a Seasonal Park Ranger at Trap
Pond State Park in Laurel, DE. In September
of 2015, Mike became the Seasonal Assistant
Park Superintendent at Trap Pond. He was
in this position until being transferred
to Lums Pond State Park in January of 2017.
He was in this position until being hired
Full-Time as Park Superintendent at Fort
Delaware.
Mike graduated from Wilmington
University with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal
Justice. He also has a Minor in Natural
Science.
Spring Newsletter 2017
Our latest newsletter for Spring 2017 is
available online. In this issue you can
learn about when Port Penn was terrorized
by a man-eating shark, and read about our
Wetlands Festival. It also has a list of
events planned for the Interpretive Center,
and the ever-popular President's Letter.
Click here for details!
Welcome Andy Roy
New Fort Delaware Park Assstant Superintendent
Andrew Roy has recently
joined the Fort Delaware/Fort DuPont State
Park team as the new seasonal Assistant
Manager.
Andrew holds a B.S. degree
in Parks and Recreation/Resources Management
from Slippery Rock Univ and has over 30
years of experience with Delaware State
Parks.
He most recently served
16 years as the Park Superintendent at the
Wilmington State Parks and retired from
full-time service at the end of 2015.
Although a native Delawarean,
Andrew currently lives in Cecil County MD
with his wife Kelli.
At his retirement party, Andrew joked that
he wanted to move to an exotic island! This
new assignment will help him fulfill that
dream!
Meetings in 2017
The Port Penn Area Historical Society will
meet four times in 2017. Our meetings
are open to everyone and we invite you to
attend, give us some feedback, and volunteer.
Unless noted, all meetings are at the Port
Penn Interpretive Center.
Thursday, February 2, 7:00pm
Sunday, April 2 1:00pm-3:00pm (at our Annual
Spring Members' Event, to be held at the
Thousand Acre Farm in Port Penn)
More
info here!
Thursday, September 7, 7:00pm
Thursday, December 7, 7:00pm
Wetlands Festival 2016
Celebrating a tradition of boats, hunting,
fishing & trapping at the Grass Dale
Center in Delaware City.
Saturday, September 10th 11:00am-3:00pm
Click here to learn more.
New Look to our Website
Welcome to the new Port Penn Historical
Society website. We've changed our look
to make it more accessible and easier to
use.
Let us know what you think.
Spring Newsletter 2016
Our latest newsletter for Spring 2016 is
available online. In this issue you can
learn about the history of the Hubbs house
in Port Penn. It also has a list of events
planned for the Interpretive Center, and
the ever-popular President's Letter.
Click here for details!
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