New Castle

New Castle used to be the capital of Delaware but its location on the Delaware River proved to be too close for British navy ships to reach.

Chincoteague's Blanket Part in Washington Crossing the Delaware

Chincoteague's Part in Washington Crossing the Delaware

     Once again the question needs to be asked, where would the cause for the independence of the United States be if it were not for the Delmarva Peninsula?  The USS Independence sailed from Martinique with about 1000 muskets and 856 blankets.  The soldiers had enough muskets but were dreadfully short of blankets.  The Independence found itself pursued by a British frigate and found a safe haven in Chincoteague.  It later eluded a British blockading squadron.  The blankets arrived in the Continental Army camp near Washington Crossing on Christmas Eve, just in time. The troops marched with their blankets from "Washington Crossing" to Trenton, New Jersey.

     Please use your imagination and picture this encampment area and the Delaware River in snow and ice.

The encampment area about 1/4 of a mile from Washington Crossing

Tombstone of one of the 22 Unknown Soldiers That Died in the Encampment

Tombstone of Captain James Moore who died in Encampment at Washington Crossing

Delaware Continental Army Regiment

Delaware Continental Army Regiment

Delaware Regiment

Delaware Memorial at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina

Three Continental Soldiers from Delaware Buried at Guilford Courthouse

St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Hebron, Maryland from 1773 Burned Down July 22, 2014

St. Paul's Episcopal As We Remember It

Welcome to 1776 Delmarva

Welcome to 1776 Delmarva

      What happened on the Delmarva Peninsula during the struggle for independence from Great Britain?  Did the American Revolution affect the people of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia? This website will focus on happenings on the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia and the State of Delaware.  The contributions of the Western Shores of Maryland and Virginia has been documented quite well, this is an effort to show what happened on the Delmarva Peninsula and how its inhabitants reacted to the conflict.

Maryland flag at same height as US flag because of Marylanders' sacrifice at the Battle of Brooklyn

George Washington Declared that when the Maryland flag and the United States flag are displayed on separate flag poles, the flagpoles should be of equal height because of the sacrifice of 256 Marylanders at the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776

Wye Mills

Wye Mills