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,...
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...
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...
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...
Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane
S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague
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...
The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane
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...
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...