US Geography – Delaware

If you have access to Hoopla through your public library, you may watch this hour-long public television documentary on Delaware from Discoveries … America.

Enjoy this vintage illustrated map of Delaware (1946) by Jacques Liozu.

Once Upon a Time in Delaware by Katherine Pyle.

Delaware by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)

To Delaware by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

Poems of Places

A Poem about the Former Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John in Wilmington

Photographs at the Library of Congress

Built by Alexis Irénée du Pont (d. 1857, photographs), third son of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (d. 1834), French immigrant to America, gunpowder manufacturer, and founder of DuPont Chemical. You may read more about Alexis I. du Pont, his building of the church, his death, and the fate of this building here.

Fort Christina

Wilmington, Delaware was the site of the first Swedish settlement in the New World, Fort Christina. The first Swedes arrived in 1638, but by 1655, the Fort was surrendered to the Dutch and then came under English rule in 1664.

You may read a transcript of the Observance of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the First Permanent Settlement in the Delaware River Valley 1938, including the remarks of the Swedish Crown Prince and President Roosevelt. Fort Christina is today a National Park, and you can sail aboard a reconstructed Kalmar Nyckel, one of the two ships that first brought settlers from Sweden to the New World. The Kalmar Nyckel Youtube Channel has some science lessons relating to ships.

The Old Swedes Historic Site includes the church built by the Swedish settlers at the end of the 17th century. You may read more about the church here and watch a tour of the church here.

Winterthur

In the early 20th century, Henry Francis du Pont, great nephew of Alexis du Pont, built Winterthur, today a museum and garden. The WinterthurMuse Youtube Channel shares many videos, and you can explore the online database of the Winterthur Museum Collections.

Howard Pyle and the Brandywine School

Howard Pyle was a native of Wilmington, and the Delaware Art Museum was founded to collect his works.

Catholic History of Delaware

The Catholic Church in the United States of America, Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X (Catholic Editing Company, 1912).

Coffee Run Mission Site – National Register of Historic Places, 1986 Article, 2016 Article

Delaware Churches on the National Register of Historic Places

The Cathedral of Saint Peter in Wilmington – video tour, history.