Milford chronicle., 1961-03-31
DeLalUare Has
Much To Offer
Springtinie Visitor
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drive northwest from Wilmington
on Del. Route So.
Particularly attractive to the
Springtime visitor is the Hagley
Museum on the Brandywine River
Just a short distance from Winter
thur. Here. early powered
industry is shown through diora-
mas and displays in an old textile
mill since converted into a muse
um. The Hagley Yard, where the
famed DUPONT enterprises were
born, also offers variety of
Spring flowers in natural setting.
The Museum is open from $3.50 a.
M to 4:30 p. M, Tuesday through
Saturday. and between / p. m. and
5 p. M. or Sundays.
The Development Department
also recommends a visit by the
Springtime visitor to The Old Town
Hall, Wilmington; The David Will
son Museum and The Corbit
House. Odessa; the Delaware State
Museums, at Dover; and the
Zwaanendael Museum, Lewes.
At Dover, extensive prepara-
tions are already under way for
observance of "Old Dover Days,
traditionalIy held the first Satur-
day and Sunday in May. Restored
seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
tury homes and gardens will again
be open to the public, May 81.
Priceless heirlooms and old silver
will also be exhibited.
Receptions by Delaware's Gov
ernor and Dover's Mayor; tradi-
tional dances on historic Dover
Green; and May Day exercises on
the Wesley College campus are
other high-lights of the two-day
program.
Among the historic buildings to
be seen in the Dover Area are the
"Old State House, second Oldest
| in continuous use in the Nation,
and the John Dickinson Mansion,
the restored home of the "Penman
of the Revolution"
Delaware's annual statewide OBJ
servance of the Festival of the Arts
gets under way on May ! and con-
tinues through the month. Includ-
ed are special displays at the Del
aware Art Center, Wilmington, and
at the Art League Studios, Reho-
both Beach. Festival attractions
also include Wilmington Garden
Day. the annual Clothesline Art
Fair, and annual Flower Markets
at Wilmington, New Castle and
Seaford.
The Garden Day observance on
Saturday. May 6, will consist of a
tour of more than 20 gardens and
estates in and near Wilmington
The Clothesline Fair, featuring
works of the artists of the area
will again be held on the steps OF
Wilmingtons Public Building fac.
ing Rodney Square, May through
May 6.
On Saturday. May 20, historic
New Castle, the states first CAPT
tai, will again observe "A Day in
Old New Castle. New Castle, to
day, is one of the Nations out
standing colonial-type communi
ties. Preserved or restored seven
teenth century homes open for the
occasion include the "Dutcf
House, believed to be the oldes
house in Delaware. Visitors who
tread the cobblestoned Strand OF
May 20 will be greeted by residents
resplendent in Colonial and Dutcf
garb of two centuries ago.
The approach of Memorial Day
which, incidentally, is appropri.
ately marked by parade and out
door exercises in many Delaware
communities. also brings closer
the opening of Delaware Park, on'
of Americas most beautiful thor
oughbred racing plants. A 55-day
meet at the Stanton track gets un
der way on May 20.
Beginning Memorial Day. boa
transportation, on week-ends ant
holidays, will again be available
from Delaware City to histori'