Society Pages

Mission Statement              

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

Officers and Directors of the Society  2018

Headquarters, Collections & Library  Appointments, Maps & Directions

The street address for the Robelen Building has been 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.

   69th Annual Luncheon Meeting 

Sunday, February 3rd, 2019

Wilmington/Christiana Hilton

100 Continental Drive

Newark, Delaware

Gathering Time: 12:30 p.m.

Luncheon Served: 1:15 p.m.

"Henry Kyd Douglas, Jackson's Youngest Aide"

Guest Speaker - Taylor Reynolds

Members Annual Business Meeting

Current Membership Required

Reservations $30 per person

Invitations in the Mail!!

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 2019.

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