dover de: Old Fashioned Market Fair on Dover Green - 11/07/21 09:34 AM
It was a perfect day for the annual Market Fair on the Green in front of Delaware's original "Old State House" in Dover. Built in 1791, this was where the Legislature once met in the State Capital.  We began in the State House, where a very serious performance was about to take place with costumed actors in the courtroom portraying Dr. Sykes and Dr. Tilton who shushed me into place in their "waiting room" full of patients. Dr. Tilton brought up "patients" and volunteers to portray makers and mixers of cure elixirs. Unfortunately, the drug turned out to have been stretched … (4 comments)

dover de: May 2012 Historic Homes E News - 04/30/12 04:28 AM
May 2012 Historic Homes News Come join in the fun, as this year's Dover Days Festival proves to be bigger and better than ever—and you won't want to miss a minute of the many FREE festivities! Held on The Green and Legislative Mall, two beautiful outdoor parks in the historic downtown district, Dover Days unites heritage, tradition and modern attractions into a festival that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Now in its 78th year, Dover Days is Delaware's longest running festival that celebrates First State history — with more than 25,000 people coming from all over the Mid-Atlantic states to … (2 comments)

dover de: Dover Hosts 18th C Market Fair and Frenchman Insults Almost Everyone - 11/06/11 09:38 AM
 
Saturday brought a mass reinactment of an 18th Century Market Fair that ran from 1764 to 1785 on The Green in Dover, the capital of Delaware. Sarah (left, above),  my guide for a walking tour, noted that the green would not have been a place of grass and trees back then (a bit frivolous for  commerce). All kinds of crafts were represented, including a Woodworker, who showed how he planed a branch to round it off, then put it in a foot powered lathe to produce a turned element for a piece of furniture.
 
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Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA

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