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Month: February 2015

Getting Social in the Past Lane on Delmarva

Posted on February 4, 2015April 16, 2025 by Mike

Since the Delmarva History Facebook (FB) page launched on October 24, 2013, the number of likes has grown steadily, the pace accelerating as the website matured.  And when we surfed over to update the curated newsfeeds on this Wednesday morning in early February, we noted the landing page had passed an important milestone, 1,500 likes….

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Singerly Fire Company Paper Show Had Fine Delmarva Photographs & Collectibles

Posted on February 2, 2015June 6, 2024 by Mike

In the mid-1980s, we formed a committee of the Singerly Fire Company in Elkton to gear up for the organization’s 1992 centennial celebration.  While the committee planned a cluster of traditional initiatives, the working group also developed two larger heritage-related goals. One involved restoring two priceless hand pumpers, veterans of many of a fight with…

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