The Palace of the Governors
In 1697 This Property
Harriet Tubman, Wilmington
HARRIET TUBMAN (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 - March 10, 1913) "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one,...
- delaware
- wilmington
- harriet tubman
- 1920
- 1913
Thomas Garrett
THOMAS GARRETT (b August 21, 1789 d. January 24, 1871) "No labor during a long life has given me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave" Thomas Garrett has been called...
- delaware
- wilmington
- underground railroad
- quaker
- 1848
- 1789
- 1871
Friends of The Furness Railroad District
Friends of The Furness Railroad District Friends of the Furness Railroad District, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 to celebrate the Wilmington Amtrak Station's 100th...
- delaware
- wilmington
- railroad
- trains
- 2007
Spike Lee Cinema
SPIKE LEE CINEMA Like many of the greatest films over the past 40 years, this theater is a Spike Lee Joint. From his nuanced portrayals of Brooklyn life in DO THE RIGHT THING and CROOKLYN to...
- new york
- brooklyn
- downtown brooklyn
- spike lee
- movies
- cinema
- alamo drafthouse
- 2024
Water's Edge
Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane
- delaware
- wilmington
- winterthur
- botanical garden
- enchanted woods
S-s-serpentine Path
S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague
- delaware
- wilmington
- winterthur
- botanical garden
- enchanted woods
East Terrace
East Terrace When Henry Francis du Pont expanded the house in the late 1920s, he resolved to preserve as many of the site's fine old tulip- poplar and American beeches as possible. Working with...
- delaware
- wilmington
- winterthur
- botanical garden
- henry franci...
- 1920s
The Entrance to the Garden
The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane
- delaware
- wilmington
- winterthur
- botanical garden
- alfred bissell
- julia andrew...
Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority
BURTON V. WILMINGTON PARKING AUTHORITY In August 1958, Wilmington City Councilman and Civil Rights activist William "Dutch" Burton worked with the NAACP to expose the racially...
- delaware
- wilmington
- william burton
- naacp
- 1961
- 2018
Thomas Garrett: Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad
THOMAS GARRETT STATIONMASTER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Born August 21, 1789, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Garrett came to Wilmington in 1822. A prominent merchant, his home and business...
- delaware
- wilmington
- thomas garrett
- 1789
- 1822
- 1848
- 1871
- 1993
Old Farmers Bank
OLD FARMERS BANK On February 4, 1807, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware passed an act modeled after the charter of the Bank of the United States "to establish a Bank... under the name...
- delaware
- wilmington
- bank
- 1807
- 1813
- 1835
- 1906
- 1915
- 1996
- 2000
- 2006
Delaware's Jewish Community
DELAWARE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the...
- delaware
- wilmington
- jewish
- 1650s
- 1870s
- 1880
- 1885
- 2004
Freedom Lost
FREEDOM LOST By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware and there was a dramatic growth in the state's free black population. Demand for slave labor in the Deep South...
- delaware
- wilmington
- 1700s
- 2004