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The Saving Delaware History Podcast
Episodes
42 episodes
Fort Casimir
In comes the Swedish ambassador, directly from Washington, to visit the archaeological dig that found a demolished colonial fort in Historic New Castle. Listen in to the story of Fort Casimir as told by Craig Lukezic, former Historic Archaeolog...
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Fort Christina
Diamond merchant Peter Minuit, who struck the bargain for Manhattan after governing New Amsterdam, hand-picked Fort Christina, the foundation of today’s city of Wilmington. Untangle the development of Delaware’s most populous city in this talk ...
The Kalmar Nyckel
Running through the waters of downtown Wilmington courses a replica of the Kalmar Nyckel, a 17th-century pinnace and the Swedish colonial ship that founded the first permanent European settlement in Delaware. Brave the rough river wate...
The Maintenance Team
Behind the scenes, supporting all of the sites owned by the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs and maintaining their historic integrity, labors the Maintenance Team. Learn about this career niche in today’s chat with the HCA’s recetly-...
Horticulture at HCA
Along with her phenomenal team of horticulturists, she makes what appears ugly beautiful again by hemming boxwoods and planting annuals. Take a look at how horticulture serves the mission of Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs in this disc...
The Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, Part 1
General George Washington and 800 troops stand on Iron Hill, facing an opposition force two to three times their size, in what will be the only Revolutionary War battle to take place in Delaware. Listen today to Mr. Wade Catts, a registered pro...
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Part 2
General George Washington and 800 troops stand on Iron Hill, facing an opposition force two to three times their size, in what will be the only Revolutionary War battle to take place in Delaware. Listen today to Mr. Wade Catts, a registered pro...
Cooch Family History
A little-known fact: The last casualty in the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge was in 1996, when a cannon ball fell off the mantel and onto Richard Cooch Junior’s foot, resulting in an urgent trip to the Emergency Room. Hear more about this and many su...
The Future of Cooch's Bridge
Connecting the Pencader Heritage Museum, Cooch’s Bridge, Cooch-Dayett Mill, and the Thomas Cooch House will be an interpretative biking and walking path designed by the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge. Hear in this talk with President of the Friends ...
History of the Collections Program
The socioeconomic elite of early 1800s Philadelphia sought the distinctive, detailed portraiture of Sarah Miriam Peale, one of the first women accepted into the respected Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the painter of families closely...
Collections: Recent Black Lives Matter Acquisition
“Liberty and Justice for ALL!!!” declares the hot-pink sign created by Gail Reid for last year’s removal of the whipping post at the Old Sussex Court House, which was recently acquired by the HCA’s Collections program. Take in this story about ...
SHPO: Architecture and African Americans
A Harlem Renaissance activist, poetess, and teacher; one of the first desegregated schools in the US; and a major transition point in the Underground Railroad, all encircled within the bounds of the second smallest state. Review some of the man...
Collections: Shipwreck Artifacts
When the distant Canadian descendants of Commander Drew of the sloop DeBraak came looking for the watch imprinted with their family crest, they found it carefully conserved within the Division for Historical and Cultural Affair’s archives of th...
Avery's Rest: An Introduction
Unidentified remains for eleven people, constituting the largest colonial burial site in Delaware, were inadvertently discovered in 2007 as a part of an excavation by the Archaeological Society of Delaware. Join us for this introduction to the ...
Avery's Rest: Archaeological Analyses
Organic or inorganic, treasured or forgotten, only a very few of the items we leave behind persist long enough to become artifacts in the archaeological record. Hear about the tangible remnants found at Avery’s Rest in this discussion with Stat...
Avery's Rest: The 17th Century Chesapeake Ancestry Project
For years, anthropologists and archeologists at the Smithsonian Institution have worked to uncover the maternal relations and habitual vices secreted within the bones found at Avery’s Rest. Today we speak with researcher Raquel Fleskes about th...
Avery's Rest: On Personal Adornment
Straight pins, button molds, and scrap metal: the colonial keys to understanding the Avery family’s lives after they moved from bustling Boston to rural Delaware. Get to know the commonplace, domestic operations of Avery’s Rest in this episode ...
The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
Since six years old, she knew she wanted a career in archaeology and paleontology; after almost two decades performing Section 106 reviews, she rose to the second-highest preservation post in Delaware. On the first day of National Historic Pres...
SHPO: The National Register
Back from the ‘60s as one of only 63 known to the world, the Futuro House imitates for the common man the ability to live in a spaceship. Queue up this episode with Madeline Dunn, the National Register Coordinator, and Emily Whaley, a Cultural ...
SHPO: Maritime Archaeology
Sea merchants, insurance companies, past scavengers, and modern salvors all subjected Delaware’s shipwrecks to centuries of salvaging; only in the past half-century have they been the focus of archaeological recoveries. Delve into Delaware’s ma...
SHPO: The Cultural and Historic Resource Information System
Tracked throughout history and across geography, aerial images from the Cultural and Historic Resource Information System (CHRIS) display Delaware’s and the nation’s historic properties and developments as they evolved. Investigate this geograp...
SHPO: The State Historic Review Board
Long-treasured locations like Funland in Rehoboth, Delaware, are brought before the State Historic Review Board, where they rigorously check the nominated sites against maintenance requirements and cultural significance standards before forward...
Belmont Hall
Having served as the emergency meeting place for Delaware’s General Assembly in the middle of the Revolutionary War, this almost 250-year-old brick manor offers historic tree tours and an idyllic wedding venue. Tune in for this history of Belmo...