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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQC1_german-submarine-at-cape-henlopen_Lewes-DE.html
On May 14, 1945, the officers and crew of the German submarine, U-858 gave themselves up to U.S. Marines after hearing of Germany's surrender to Allied troops. They and their vessel were escorted here to the Fort Miles Army dock. Crew members were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQC0_breakwaters_Lewes-DE.html
Two massive breakwaters shield Lewes Harbor from the punishing seas where Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet. They create an 800-acre anchorage that is nearly empty now, but in the early 1900s it was capable of sheltering 1,000 vessels from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBZ_delaware-pilots_Lewes-DE.html
Marine pilots know the shoals, lumps, and ledges of the Delaware intimately. They know the bends of the dredged channel, the characteristics of every lighthouse and range light, and the location of wrecks. They understand tides and currents and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBY_delaware-breakwater-east-end-lighthouse_Lewes-DE.html
Located on the eastern end of the Delaware Breakwater, this brown conical structure was built in 1885. The tower is composed of four tiers of cast iron plates lined with two feet of brick. It is twenty-two feet in diameter at the base and is set u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBX_home-of-major-henry-fisher_Lewes-DE.html
A native and lifelong resident of this community, Henry Fisher (1735-1792) was one of Delaware's foremost leaders in the struggle for American Independence. His prominence as a skilled pilot and his firm support of the Patriot cause resulted in hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBU_harbor-of-refuge-lighthouse_Lewes-DE.html
A temporary light was established on the south end of the recently completed National Harbor of Refuge Breakwater on January 1, 1902. It was replaced in 1908 by a three-story frame lighthouse. A series of storms damaged the structure, resulting in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBT_unknown-sailors-cemetery_Lewes-DE.html
Lewes has been a Port-of-Call and a Harbor-of-Refuge since the 17th century. For generations during the ages of sail, a public burial ground in this immediate locality became the final resting place for hundred of sailors who lost their lives and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ02_overfalls-lightship_Lewes-DE.html
The Lightship Overfalls is one of the 179 ships that servrd as floating lighthouses on America's three coasts and the Great Lakes between 1820 and 1985. Lightships were used where it was not feasible to build a lighthouse, possibly because the wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZN_menhaden-fisheries_Lewes-DE.html
Menhaden, a small bony, oily fish was pursued not to be eaten but to be pressed for its oil and ground into fertilizer. Lewes' fisheries began in 1883 and reached their zenith in 1953 when the docks at Lewes strained unde the weight on millions of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUT_the-bombardment-of-lewes_Lewes-DE.html
This stone is to commemorate the Bombardment of Lewes by the British April 6th and 7th 1813.Placed by the National Society U.S.Daughters of 1812 State of Delaware 1914