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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IS_new-castle-common_New-Castle-DE.html
This land is part of a tract of one thousand acres set apart by William Penn in 1701 for the inhabitants of the town of New Castle. Trustees were appointed and incorporated by Penn's heirs in 1764, whose successors still hold and manage the land.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GM_brown-v-board-of-education_Wilmington-DE.html
Delaware remained a racially segregated society until the mid-twentieth century. Though the segregation of public schools was supported by the "separate but equal" doctrine that had been upheld by the nation's highest court, the facilities and ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AB_ebright-azimuth_Wilmington-DE.html
The highest benchmark monument in Delaware is located on Ebright Road. This horizontal control mark denotes an elevation of 447.85 feet above sea level. The Delaware Geological Society through its relationship with the National Geodetic Survey has…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12L_gravesite-of-bishop-peter-spencer-1779-1843_Wilmington-DE.html
Born a slave, Bishop Spencer was the father of Delaware's independent Black church movement. In 1813, he founded the Union Church of Africans, presently known as the African Union Methodist Protestant Church. The mother AUMP church stood on this s…