Cornucopia Tours' American Heritage Tour

Be fascinated by history on our two-day American
Heritage Tour

Day One

Go back in time to the dangerous days of rough seas and wild

adventures when you climb aboard Delaware's tall ship, the

Kalmar

Nyckel

. Built to capture the ambiance of the ship that brought

settlers to this area

in the early 1600s

, the ship is marvel of expert

craft

manship.

Old Swedes

, sit in the boxed pews and imagine the lives of the

colonial settlers in the Wilmington area. The church is over 300

years old, a monument to the unbroken faith of its centuries of

parishoners.

Nearby

New Castle

boasts many homes and structures that are

listed on the National Register of

istoric

laces. Two outstanding

attractions are the George Read House and the New Castle

Courthouse. Fascinating tales of the days of America's youth are

recounted at each site.

Day Two

A visit to the

Delaware History Museum

provides an overview of

this

vibrant

tate, including its Native Americans, its Dutch/Swede

settlers, its role in the Underground Railroad and, of course, the

world-famous DuPont family.

We visit

the

Hagley Museum

, the spot where the French DuPonts

settled

and developed the Gunpowder Manufact

ry that grew into

the huge,

multi-layered DuPont company of today.

Over the border in Pennsylvania, the

Brandywine Battlefield

is the

site of one of the largest battles of the Revolutionary War. Fought in

1777, Washington hoped to prevent the British from taking

Philadelphia by using the Brandywine to stop their advance, but

lost

the

hard-fought encounter.

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17th century when New Castle was a bustling port for Dutch, English, Swedish,
and Finnish settlers and traders.

The Quaker Meeting House in Odessa; runaway
slaves were hidden in the loft.

The Gibbons House at the Hagley Museum,
home to powder yard foremen and their
families

Tour of the Newlin Grist Mill