Delaware - Wilmington, Caesar Rodney Statue

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware and the seat of New Castle County.  The statue of Caesar Rodney stands in front of the historic Hotel DuPont.  In 1776, Rodney rode 80 miles through a stormy night to reach Philadelphia in time to cast the deciding ballot for independence.
2009

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Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 29, 1784) was an American lawyer and politician from St. Jones Neck, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and President of Delaware during most of the American Revolution.

Delaware - Mason-Dixon Markers

Mason-Dixon Markers on route 467 about 7 miles west of Delmar (Preserved by Delaware State Society, D.A.R.)

These monuments erected in colonial times mark a decisive point in lines run to settle boundary disputes between the Penn and Calvert families, whose Coats-of-Arms they bear.

The small stone marks the middle point of the Trans-peninsular, Line run west in 1759 from "Cape Henlopen" - actually Fenwick Island on the Atlantic.

The double crownstone installed in 1768 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon is a cornerstone and marks the true middle point of the peninsula and the southern end of the north-south line of the Mason-Dixon boundary.

Color photo by F. W. Brueckmann

unused Plastichrome postcard

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The Mason–Dixon line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It is a demarcation line among four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (then part of Virginia).

In popular usage, the Mason–Dixon line symbolizes a cultural boundary between the Northeastern and the Southern United States (Dixie). After Pennsylvania abolished slavery, it was a demarcation line for the legality of slavery. However, its latitude was not such a demarcation beyond the Pennsylvania border since Delaware, a slave state, falls north and east of the boundary.

Delaware - Lewes, Zwaanendael Museum

Zwaanendael Museum, Lewes, Delaware

The Zwaanendael Museum is an adaption of the ancient Town Hall in Hoorn, Holland and was erected by the State of Delaware in 1931 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the first Dutch settlement on Delaware soil.

This postcard was printed in 1978, but the buyer wrote that they bought it on a class trip in 1982.

Delaware - Dover Speedway

Happy 30th National
Post Card Week
may 5-11, 2013
Dover Speedway in Delaware

limited edition No. 14 of 200
from Eileen Goldschmidt
a "Potty Stop" postcard