“The New York History Blog,” one of the newsfeeds we follow, shared a post a couple of years ago about attempts to celebrate the Empire State’s past through “history month.” Created by a 1997 law, the initiative resulted in some activities, but largely enthusiasm waned after a few years Bob Weible, the State Historian of…
Pop-up For a Show and Tell About World War II at Cecilton Library
Many heritage institutions across the country are trying a new participatory approach to stimulating conversations about the past. Called “pop-up museums,” the idea is that people bring personal objects and stories to an event. As the activity unfolds, anyone may stand up to discuss their item or share a story. This type of approach stimulates the…
Getting Social in the Past Lane on Delmarva
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….
Singerly Fire Company Paper Show Had Fine Delmarva Photographs & Collectibles
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…