Happy Delaware Day

Today is Delaware Day – the day in 1787 when the delegates met at Battell’s Tavern – also known as the Golden Fleece Tavern in Dover – and unanimously made Delaware the first state to ratify the US Constitution – and led the way in making the US Constitution the law of the land. Since 1933, the governors of Delaware have proclaimed December 7 as Delaware Day in honor of that day in 1787, when Delaware became the first state to ratify the Federal Constitution, thus making Delaware the first state in the New Nation.

Thanks to the efforts of a wise Delaware educator and legislator, Mr. E. Paul Burkholder along with the Rotary Club of Georgetown, a statewide effort was made in 1933 to have December 7 established as Delaware Day.