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SORRY!
Wednesday's Event is CANCELLED
due
to excessive heat!
Will
reschedule in the Fall
Jack Gephart, Past President,
Sons of the American Revolution
"The First Flags from the Revolution
to the State Flags of the New
United States of America"
at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Claymont Historical
Society
at the
1st Annual Brandywine History Expo
Saturday,
May 17, 2008
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~ A Few Recent Events ~
'The
Ghosts of Duffy's Cut'
March 12, 2008
Academic
research on mass grave of 57 Irish railroad workers in the 1800's in Malvern, PA
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Todd Chappelle
Leap Year Concert
February 29, 2008
If
you were not at Todd's concert, you missed a fun evening!
Todd is
currently having success with his song 'I'm from Delaware.'
(which is #1 on our Claymont Hit Parade!)
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Naamans Heritage Association
The Robinson House is home to the
Claymont Historical Society
&
The Darley Society,
which jointly formed the
Naamans Heritage
Association
whose sole responsibility is to manage
the House via a Board of Governors.
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Our Overall Mission:
"PRESERVING A SPIRIT OF PLACE"
(The National Trust's 2002 Theme)
- Preserving our buildings, sites, and culture ...
- Promoting the arts in memory of Felix Darley ...
- Providing a
"community place" via the House ...
Please help us by joining one or more of the
societies. Click
on the appropriate link, print the PDF form and mail with check to
address on form.
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Click on the link
below to download free Adobe Reader to view PDF forms (if you
don't have it)
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Click
here to join the
Naamans Heritage Association
Click
here to join
The Darley Society
Click here to join the
Claymont
Historical Society
Click
here to make a
Donation
to one of the societies
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Some Robinson House
Historical Notes
Colonel Thomas Robinson served in the American Revolutionary
War and was wounded at the Battle
of the Brandywine. He was inducted into the ORDER OF CINCINNATI by George Washington in 1785.
Key Revolutionary War period visitors to the house were George Washington, Lighthorse Harry Lee,
Mad Anthony Wayne, Lafayette, and many other notables as they traversed the
Kings Highway (The Pike).
It was reported that Caesar Rodney changed
horses here on his famous ride to Philadelphia in 1776.
In the 1900's, the house hosted an artists' colony
of Howard Pyle students (c. 1907-1914) and then served as the "Naamans Tea House"
(1914-1964).
The Naamans Kill Questers managed the House from 1976-2002.
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THE HOUSE IS AVAILABLE
FOR RENTALS
Call the house phone and leave a message
(302-792-0285)
(your call will be returned)
or
Frances West,
President, Naamans Heritage Association
(302- 475-8154 ) 
... Rental Information
Click to
visit
... Rental Agreement
Click to visit
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To learn more about
the House, click on a link below:
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Directions
to the House
(Getting
into the Parking Lot ..
it's tricky) Click
to visit
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Other
Related Web Links:
Click to visit
The Stone School
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Click to visit
Washington -
Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) U.S.A. and Delaware
Committees
Click to visit
( The
route taken by the Generals from Newport, Rhode Island to Yorktown, VA in
1780-1783. They entered Delaware at Claymont, passed through Penny Hill, 
Brandywine Village,
Wilmington, Newport,
Stanton, Christiana, Cooch's Bridge,
and exited at Iron Hill.)
Friends
of Historic Glasgow,
DE -
Click
to visit
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Call (302) 792-0285 to leave a message
for further information
Someone will return your call
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Thank you for stopping by ... please visit us again!
Original site and information created and compiled by Ray Hester
formerly of the Darley Manor Inn
Revised: June 9, 2008
Copyright © 2008 Claymont Historical
Society
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