Posts Tagged ‘60th Anniversary’
Delaware’s Modern Justice of the Peace Court Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Sixty years ago, the Justice of the Peace Court joined the Delaware State Court system by an act of the State Legislature and a gala dinner and reception was held in Dover Monday night. JP Courts have their roots in England and Colonial America, but the modern court began in the First State in 1965-66.…
Read More60th Anniversary of the Storm of ’62 – New Digital Archive Available
This week is the 60th anniversary of the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962. Delaware Public Archives has put together a treasure trove of previously unreleased photographs. The three-day nor’easter started on Tuesday, March 5, 1962, continued to slowly grind up the Atlantic coast on Wednesday, March 6, 1962, and moved away from Delaware on Thursday,…
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