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Enlighten Me: First State Heritage Park

In addition to barbeques and fireworks, the 4th of July weekend is also about history, specifically the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and more broadly the Revolutionary War.

The focus this weekend is largely on Philadelphia, where the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and did much of the work to create the United States.  But there is also some of this Revolutionary War-era history to be found here in our own backyard.

One such place is the First State Heritage Park in Dover and for this week’s Enlighten Me, we sat down with Park Superintendent Sarah Zimmerman to learn more about what you can find there.

Enlighten Me: First State Heritage Park
Delaware Public Media's Tom Byrne interviews First State Heritage Park superintendent Sarah Zimmerman.

Tom Byrne has been a fixture covering news in Delaware for three decades. He joined Delaware Public Media in 2010 as our first news director and has guided the news team ever since. When he's not covering the news, he can be found reading history or pursuing his love of all things athletic.
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