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SNOW DAY!!!

   Fort Delaware Society Annual Luncheon Rescheduled  

 

Due to the approaching winter storm, Fort Delaware Society President Bill Robelen has made the decision to postpone the scheduled Annual Luncheon Meeting from Sunday, February 7th to Sunday, March 7th, same time, same place. If you signed up to attend, please make sure all of your guests are notified. If you can not attend the rescheduled event on March 7th, please call Martha Bennett at (302) 834-1630 [toll free from outside Delaware at (888) 936-7833] to arrange for a refund.

 

If you could not attend on February 7th, but can attend the rescheduled Annual Luncheon Meeting on March 7th, please let Martha know and plan to join us!

 

Historic Fort Delaware

Fort Delaware Society Volunteer Brigade  An opportunity for "hands on work"!

Travel directions - Fort Delaware State Park website, photos of the "Three Forts Ferry"

Finns Point National Cemetery  See recent photos of Finns Point Nature Trail

Fort DuPont  A Brief History

Victorian Kidsfest  June 14, 2009 Event Photos

Manor College Civil War Institute Event  August 15, 2009

Wal-Mart Fund Raising Presentation   September 3, 2009

Newark, Delaware Community Day  September 20, 2009

    

Society Pages

New    Acceptance Mark  2010 Annual Luncheon Reservations Click here to use PayPal!

Officers and Directors of the Society  2009

Headquarters, Archives & Library   Appointments, Maps & Directions

 

Headquarters, Archives & Library will open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to visitors without appointment on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month during the winter season. Knowledgeable Society researchers will be available to help you.

 

New    Society Newsletter  December 2009 plus archived past issues.

General Membership Meeting Photos  April 15, 2008

Fort Delaware Notes  Table of Contents for issues through February 2009

History of the Fort Delaware Society  by Society Board Member Kay Keenan.

Society Fundraising

    Acceptance Mark  Donations, membership dues, and purchase payments can be submitted through  PayPal. 

General Operating Fund   Contribution Form. See PayPal submission option.

Descendant's Certificates  Available to the General Public. See PayPal donation option.

Membership See PayPal submission option.

 

    A new membership established today, or a lapsed membership renewed today

will be good through the end of 2010.    

 

Publications & Merchandise    PayPal Shopping Cart now available.

Society Restoration Projects   Slide presentation on rare six-pounder field guns.

Society Interpretive Projects    Visitor's Center Scale Model of Pea Patch Island

Volunteer Work Detail - Sutler Shop Set Up  April 19, 2008

The Fort Delaware Fund

Research Topics

Heritage Research  Prisoner and Garrison Member Queries and sample photos.

Garrison Units at Fort Delaware   From PA, DE, MD, OH, NY & MA.

Going Home - A Discharge Time Line (April 1865 - December 1865)

A Recommended Reading List

Civilian Detainees

Company Q (Union prisoners under sentence of army courts-martial)

Galvanized Yankees (Confederate POWs who took the Oath and joined the Union army)

The Immortal 600

The Guns of Fort Delaware

 

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