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The Delaware Company to Present Awards
BARRYVILLE—The Barryville based non-profit history education group, The Delaware Company has announced that it will be presenting its two annual awards at this year’s Patriots & Loyalists Day celebration at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg on Saturday, July 12. Every year since 2014, The Delaware Company has presented the James W. Burbank […]
Fort Delaware reopens May 17
Bold Gold Media Again Sponsors Speakers Series NARROWSBURG—The Barryville based non-profit history education group, The Delaware Company, has announced that it will be officially re-opening Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg for the 2025 season on Saturday, May 17. Fort Delaware, founded by former Sullivan County Historian James W. Burbank in 1957, and […]
The Delaware Company to Commemorate Paul Revere’s Ride
The British Are Coming!! BARRYVILLE — In 2025, our nation will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War and kick off a commemorative period that will last several years, including 2026, when we will also mark the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence. The Delaware Company plans to begin the commemoration […]
Join the Fife & Drum Corps!
During the Revolutionary War, it was common for each company of men to include two boys between the ages of 10 and 18 who wore colors in the reverse of the soldiers, and whose duties were to play the fife and the drum. Whether in camp, on the march, or in battle, these boys played […]
Fort Delaware Opens for 2024
Good Morning: It is my pleasure to announce that Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg, NY will be opening for the 2024 season at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 25. Of course, by the time we open for the public that day, we will have already entertained hundreds of students from school districts […]
Celebrate Trails at Minisink Battleground
The Delaware Company Hosts Highland History Hike Photos by Dan Hust BARRYVILLE—In what has become a tradition over the past few years, The Delaware Company will be commemorating national Celebrate Trails Day a day late when it hosts another Highland History Hike at the Minisink Battleground Park on Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m. The […]
History of Sullivan County classes return
Popular Six Week Course Begins March 13 with All New Material BARRYVILLE—The Barryville based non-profit history education group, The Delaware Company and Sullivan County Historian John Conway have announced that the popular six-week long History of Sullivan County course will once again be offered this year after a four year pause that began with the […]
Fort Delaware begins 2024 season
NARROWSBURG – Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History will re-open for the 2024 season on Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27. The Fort, located on the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway at 6615 Route 97 in Narrowsburg, is owned by Sullivan County and operated by the Barryville-based non-profit history […]
Bring Your Elementary School Class to 2024 Student Days
Welcome to the living history of Cushetunk, the first permanent European settlement in the Upper Delaware River Valley, established by Connecticut pioneers in the 1750s. Experience life on the colonial frontier from the 1750s through the 1780s. Learn about the Indigenous People and their interaction with the European settlers, visit with a working blacksmith, explore […]
The Delaware Company Awarded Grant
“A Divided Settlement” Exhibit-in-Progress Garners Funding RICHMOND HILL, GA— The Barryville-based non-profit history education group, The Delaware Company is among the recipients of the 2023 Preserving America Grants awarded by Americana Corner. The grant will be used to help fund a permanent exhibit at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg, which is operated […]