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New Castle (pop. 4,862) became the Colonial capital of Delaware in 1704, but lost that honor to Dover (pop. 32,135) in 1777.

first appeared: 9/28/2003

The Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover (pop. 18,188) houses a collection of military planes dating to 1941. The National Register of Historic Places indicates secret rocket testing was conducted there during World War II.

first appeared: 9/21/2003

Winterthur, the former estate and gardens of Henry Francis du Pont, is located five miles northwest of Wilmington, not in Odessa. Thanks to our readers for catching our error.

first appeared: 9/14/2003

Henry Heimlich, the thoracic surgeon who developed the anti-choking Heimlich maneuver, was born in Wilmington in 1920. Heimlich also is credited with developing a procedure to reconstruct the esophagus.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

The only Revolutionary War engagement fought on Delaware soil occurred Sept. 3, 1777, at Cooch’s Bridge, near Newark. During the battle, the new 13-star flag, Stars and Stripes, was first unfurled.

first appeared: 8/31/2003

Twenty-five million bricks went into the construction of Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. Finished in 1859, two years before the Civil War began, the fort served as a prison for Confederate soldiers.

first appeared: 8/24/2003

The McDonald’s Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship is played each June at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington.

first appeared: 8/17/2003

The Diamond State Drive-in in Felton (pop. 784) was opened in 1949 by Albert and Mildred Steele, who still own and live on the property. The theater closed in 1985, but reopened a decade later.

first appeared: 8/10/2003

The Great Delaware Kite Festival in Cape Henlopen State Park draws more than 10,000 visitors each spring to watch competitors vie for some 40 prizes, including awards given to the youngest, oldest, and farthest traveled competitors, as well as the highest-flown kite.

first appeared: 8/3/2003

The Nanticoke Indians, who live throughout the Delmarva Peninsula and are known as the Tidewater People, hold a two-day powwow each September.

first appeared: 7/27/2003

Florence Bayard Hilles of Wilmington, a crusader for women’s suffrage, was arrested for picketing the White House in 1917. After three days in jail, she was pardoned by President Woodrow Wilson.

first appeared: 7/20/2003

The lightship Overfalls, built in 1938, was the last lightship constructed by the United States Lighthouse Service. Recently restored by the Historical Society of Lewes (pop. 2,932), it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

first appeared: 7/13/2003

With several hundred thousand companies incorporated here, Wilmington is called the “Corporate Capital of the World.” Reason: the Delaware Court of Chancery’s unique competence in issues of international business law.

first appeared: 7/6/2003

Cecile Long Steele is credited with launching the state’s broiler chicken industry in 1923 when she and her husband raised the first commercial flock of broiler-fryers on their farm in Ocean View (pop. 1,006).

first appeared: 6/29/2003

The state has 2,500 working farms, averaging 228 acres each. Their leading crop is soybeans, used largely for chicken feed.

first appeared: 6/22/2003

Dubbed “The Little Town Too Big for Our State,” Delmar (pop. 1,407) straddles the border of Delaware and Maryland, and is divided by the Mason-Dixon Line.

first appeared: 6/15/2003

Winterthur, the former home of Henry Francis du Pont, features 60 acres of naturally landscaped gardens on 979 acres in Odessa (pop. 286). Created by du Pont in 1951, today the gardens are considered a national treasure. Some 30,000 bulbs, perennials, trees, and shrubs were planted there in 2000.

first appeared: 6/8/2003

Wilmington was considered the last stop to freedom on the Underground Railroad. The city’s Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park is named for “conductor” Harriet Tubman and “stationmaster” Thomas Garrett.

first appeared: 6/1/2003

Harrington (pop. 3,174), the setting for the 84-year-old Delaware State Fair held each July, is called the “Hub of Delaware” because of its central location.

first appeared: 5/25/2003

The Delaware Museum of Natural History in Wilmington has more than 117,000 bird specimens and 200,000 mollusk shells in its collection.

first appeared: 5/18/2003

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