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By Peter Howell. Photographs courtesy of Cutts & Case. If indeed the traditional method is outdated and fiberglass is not the “miracle product” it was thought to be years ago, what is a boatbuilder to do? For brothers Eddie and Ronnie Cutts, the answer is simple – follow their father’s lead. “My dad (the [...]
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QUEENSTOWN IN THE WAR OF 1812
Site of Local Militia’s Stand Remains Marked Today By Reen Waterman. Photography by Angie Myers. The Chesapeake Bay has long been a place of vast waterfront vistas and abundant waterfowl, and has long served as a liquid highway for commerce. Gazing on its waters, one feels peace and tranquility. Yet with the 200th anniversary [...]
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND VISUALIZE
By Ronald Mitchell. Photography by Angie Myers. Try to imagine a frigid winter morning in the mid-nineteenth century. Your mother wakes you up to dress in your Sunday’s finest. You have a quick breakfast since there’s not much food in the house. You go outside and your mother tells you to take off your [...]
BARREL #371 COMES TO FORT MILES
Volunteers Lead the Charge in Cape Henlopen To Create the Largest World War II Museum in an Actual Wartime Facility Written and photographed by Reed Hellman The tranquil dunes of Delaware’s Cape Henlopen hardly seem a fitting location for a fortress; yet beneath the tree-shrouded sand hills, a hidden casemate holds a reminder of [...]
1812. EASTON POINT AND A SPOON?
By Ronald Mitchell. Photography by Angie Myers. On Sunday, March 28, 1813, the residents of Easton received word that the British fleet was heading to Easton on the Third Haven River, now the Tred Avon. Easton Point, originally named Cow Landing, was located at the foot of Port Street approximately one mile from downtown. [...]
THE HISTORY OF LEWES
Buried and Alive in St. Peter’s Churchyard The brick-walled churchyard of St. Peter’s Episcopal in the heart of downtown Lewes, Delaware, is a constant reminder of the village’s deep history in the founding of the New World. The carved headstones, both plain and elaborate, that fill the yard and line its pathways, tell stories [...]
Gorgeous Glen Riddle
Story by Mary Ann Treger. Photography by Angie Myers. We all have obsessions. For my husband and I, it’s golf. While playing name-dropping courses on both sides of the Atlantic had been our passion for eons, these days we prefer drive-to golf getaways. Toss the suitcase and clubs in the trunk, set the GPS [...]
HISTORY PRESERVED
The restoration at St. Martin’s Church Erected for Worcester Parish between 1756 and 1763, this church was the second building to house the St. Martin’s congregation at this site. Although land on which it was built was not officially purchased until July 1756, records indicate there was a chapel of ease for All Hallows [...]
