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 The site last updated August 24, 2022

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Officers and Directors of the Society  2022

Headquarters, Collections & Library  Appointments, Maps & Directions

The Fort Delaware Society's Headquarters, Collections & Library are housed in the Robelen Building which was the old Fort DuPont Quartermaster Building. The street address for the Robelen Building is 2711 Staff Lane, Fort DuPont, part of the Fort DuPont Redevelopment & Preservation Corporation's development of the former Fort DuPont State Park site.

  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.

Fort Delaware Notes Table of Contents 1950 - 2019

History of the Fort Delaware Society  by Director Emeritus Kay Keenan

Fort Delaware Society Facebook Page

Society Fundraising Acceptance Mark

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

   Membership New or Renewed today - good thru 2023.

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 20th 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 through February 2019 are available via two separate CDs entitled "The First 50 Years 1950 - 2000" and "The 21st Century".  These CDs can be purchased individually or in a Combo Package.

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
Visit Historic Fort Delaware

Travel Directions  Fort Delaware State Park & the Three Forts Ferry

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