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Hear “The Call of Freedom” in Seaford, Del. on Mon., Feb. 2, 2026 The Newsroom

Hear “The Call of Freedom” in Seaford, Del. on Mon., Feb. 2, 2026

Storyteller Jim Duffy is going to spread the gospel of freedom here in America’s sesquicentennial year. In a presentation on Mon., Feb. 2 sponsored by the Seaford Historical Society, the award-winning writer will be telling tales of bravery and heroism that unfolded here in our Delmarva backyard during the days of the Underground Railroad. Jim Duffy Hear “The Call of Freedom” at 7pm that evening…
December 30, 2025
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CIRCUS ACTS: Strange and Ridiculous Happenings Under the Big Top! Way Back Machine

CIRCUS ACTS: Strange and Ridiculous Happenings Under the Big Top!

The traveling circus was a staple of small-town life on the Delmarva Peninsula in the early 1900s. Here are three stories that show just how strange things could get with those shows and their performers. Circus Act #1! The brawl in Seaford, Del., 1908 (with flying snakes!) You’ve seen old Westerns, right? The ones with scenes where two guys start fighting in a tavern and…
October 13, 2023
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The Day Seaford, Delaware Went ‘Almost Hysterical with Joy,’ 1938 From the BooksWay Back Machine

The Day Seaford, Delaware Went ‘Almost Hysterical with Joy,’ 1938

This is an excerpt from Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. Each chapter in the book includes not just modern-day travel destinations, but historical snippets that give a sense for the history and culture of the place at hand. The peach boom that had lifted the fortunes of so many Delaware farmers and businesses for so long came to a…
September 30, 2020
Smallpox Sign for Sussex Spat Story Set in Seaford and Laurel, Delaware
SUSSEX COUNTY SPAT: When Seaford Set Up Blockades to Keep Out People From Laurel, 1916 Way Back Machine

SUSSEX COUNTY SPAT: When Seaford Set Up Blockades to Keep Out People From Laurel, 1916

In the spring of 1916, a small smallpox outbreak popped up in Laurel, Del. In the days that followed, health officials in the neighboring town of Seaford came to believe that their colleagues in Laurel weren't doing everything they could to keep the disease at bay. They ordered a halt to all traffic between the two towns. The Wilmington News Journal, May 15: "Guards have…
May 5, 2020
Steamboat, 1860s
TUBMAN TRAVELS: Sailing a Steamboat South to Freedom From the BooksTubman TravelsWay Back Machine

TUBMAN TRAVELS: Sailing a Steamboat South to Freedom

This story of the Tilly escape is a free excerpt from the Secrets of the Eastern Shore guidebook, Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva.  More information about the book, including where to buy it in stores and online, is available here. BIG PICTURE: Tricks of the Trade Back during the Ottoman Empire, a German military commander named Helmuth von Moltke came up with…
July 16, 2018