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New Castle, Delaware 19720
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New Castle 350th Anniversary

Schedule of Weekend Events

Saturday, October 6

Open throughout day:
Kalmar Nyckel, Local Museums, 17th Century Military Encampment, British Car Club Preview

   

10:00

Opening Ceremonies, Courthouse

   

10:30

Trial of Long Finne, Courthouse

 

Wizards or Magic, The Battery Park

 

New Castle Sailing Club 350th Anniversary Race, Delaware River

   

11:00

Lecture: Slavery in Delaware, Immanuel Church

 

Dover English Country Dancers, The Green

   

12:00

Trial of Long Finne, Courthouse

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Fellowship Hall

 

Booksigning with Connie Cook, Amstel House Garden

   

1:00

Education Awards, Courthouse

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Fellowship Hall

 

Music/Lecture: Charles Albert Tyndley, Delaware Hymnist, Presbyterian Church

 

Booksigning with Connie Cooper, Amstel House Garden

 

Irish Step Dancing Demonstration, Battery Park Bandshell

2:00

The Capture of Fort Casimir, The Battery Park

   

3:00

Dover English Country Dancers, The Green

 

Education Program: The Gibson Girl Friday Meets the Victorian Lady, Courthouse

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Fellowship Hall

 

Wizards of Magic, The Battery Park

   

4:00

Education Program: Charlotte Forten, Courthouse

 

Lecture: Memories of a Continental Soldier, Immanuel Church

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Fellowship Hall

  

Sunday, October 7

Open throughout day:
Kalmar Nyckel, Local Museums, 17th Century Military Encampment, British Car Club Show

   

12:00

The Juggling Hoffmans, The Battery Park

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Read House Garden

 

Education Program: Unlacing the Victorian Woman, Courthouse

   

12:30

Newark International Folk Dancers, The Green

   

1:00

The Capture of Fort Casimir, The Battery Park

   

2:00

Newark International Folk Dancers, The Green

 

Education Program: Songs of a Faithful People, Courthouse

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Read House Garden

 

New Castle History & Haunts, Immanuel Church

   

3:00

Lecture: Native Peoples of Delaware, Immanuel Church

 

Juggling Hoffmans, The Battery Park

 

Music: David & Ginger Hildebrand, Read House Garden

 

Trial of Long Finne, Courthouse

   

4:00

Music: TBD, The Battery Park

   

5:30

Music: The Army Band, The Battery Park

   

7:00

Fireworks

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