This virtual monthly event will highlight various artifacts from the Lewes Historical Society's Collections, every third Wednesday of the month. Check it out on TikTok @historiclewes.
Gather your materials, gather your thoughts, and come see us on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. for the Genealogist in Residence Program. Members of the Sussex County Genealogical Society, including Historic Lewes member and volunteer Iris Fisher, will be available to help anyone that has a question about
Join Bill Hicks, Tavern Manager for Historic Lewes, as he tells the story of the Sussex Tavern in his presentation, "Sally, Simon, and the Sussex." In 1799 Simon and Sarah Marriner took over running the Sussex Tavern that was located in the old Sussex County Courthouse. For 18 years the Sussex was a focal point
An examination of the difficult choices individual colonialists made regarding the American Revolution for freedom from England. What drove those choices, what were the impacts to the people that made them and what was the effect on the emerging country? Not everyone joined the ranks of the Patriots and their story is mostly forgotten or hidden in our celebrated past.
Following the Civil War, Rehoboth Neck was a collection of farms that ran from Lewes to what is now Dewey Beach. Thanks to the recommendation of Rev. Warner, the pastor of Bethel Methodist-Episcopal Church in Lewes, Rev. Robert Todd took the train from Wilmington to Lewes in 1872 to tour the Rehoboth Seaside Farm of
Written By: Clair Saxby Illustrated by: Cassandra Allen Suited for Children Ages 5-9. Sing a song of the Sea! Follow along and help make music as this rhyming book offers a new take on the song “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.”
Alan Jensen, Lewes History Museum coordinator, will explore the work of Delaware artist Jack Lewis, and his experiences during the Depression era in Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Delaware. Jensen will touch on several key influencers in Lewis’ life, including his work with the Rehoboth Art League and his love and depiction of Delaware’s coast
