Society Pages

Mission Statement              

Contact the Society  Mailing, delivery, telephone & e-mail addresses

Officers and Directors of the Society  2017

Headquarters, Collections & Library  Appointments, Maps & Directions

 New  Beginning in January 2017, the street address for the Robelen Building will be changed from 33 Staff Lane, Fort DuPont State Park to 2711 Staff Lane, Fort DuPont as part of the Fort DuPont Redevelopment & Preservation Corporation's plan for developing the former Fort DuPont State Park site. But the Fort Delaware Society's Headquarters, Collections & Library have not moved!! We are still there in the Robelen Building.

  2711 Staff Lane, Fort DuPont is open to the general public

Wednesday and Thursday 8 AM to 2 PM each week

throughout the year and by appointment only at other times.

Call (302) 834-1630.

New   Fall General Membership Meeting  Sunday, October 8th, 1-4 pm

"The Commanders Mounts"

Guest Speaker Ray Glick, DVM

Robelen Building

Society Headquarters, Archives & Library

2711 Staff Lane, Fort DuPont

Delaware City, Delaware

Society Newsletter  December 2014 issue plus archived issues

Fort Delaware Notes Table of Contents 1950 - 2014

History of the Fort Delaware Society  by Director Emeritus Kay Keenan

Fort Delaware Society Facebook Page

Society Fundraising

Donations, membership dues & purchase payments can be made via PayPal.

   New   Membership New or Renewed today - good thru 2018.

Publications & Merchandise  Use PayPal, Checks, or Money Orders

Now available - a limited edition 1 ounce silver (0.999 pure) coin struck in 1969 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Old Star Fort on Pea Patch Island and the 50th anniversary of the Fort Delaware Society. By Lombardo Mint, a division of Mississauga Mint, Ontario, Canada.

Digitized copies of past issues of the Fort Delaware Notes updated to include February 2013 & February 2014. Available as single CD of "The 21st Century 2001 - 2014" or in Combo Package with "The First 50 Years 1950 - 2000".

General Operating Fund  Explanation of the Fund & Contribution Form

Descendant's Certificates  Available to the General Public

Society Restoration Projects  See rare six-pounder field guns

Society Interpretive Projects  Scale Model of Pea Patch Island

Research Topics

Heritage Research  Submit queries about Prisoners & Garrison Members

Finns Point National Cemetery  "They Died at Fort Delaware"

Garrison Units at Fort Delaware  From PA, DE, MD, OH, NY & MA

Going Home  A Discharge Time Line April 1865 to January 1866

Fort DuPont  A Brief History by Chairman Bill Robelen

A Recommended Reading List

Travel Directions  Fort Delaware State Park & the Three Forts Ferry