FMHA and Delaware State Parks Announce Delaware Goes to War Events Schedule

Where: Fort Miles Museum and Historical Area – Cape Henlopen State Park (“CHSP”) 

Hours: 10 AM – 4 PM 

Museum Admission:  $5 per person (standard vehicle admission fees apply to enter CHSP) 

Throughout the Day: 

  • Mess Hall Concessions: 10 AM – 3 PM 
  • 2nd Annual Fort Miles Historical Association Sketching Contest and Event: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM* 
  • Live Music by WWII Tunes, Orientation Building: 10:30 AM – 3 PM 
  • Veterans Postcard Connect, Orientation Building: 10 AM – 4 PM 

Scheduled Events:  

  • 10:00 AM – Museum Doors Open – First Tour (Battery 519) 
  • 10:30 AM – Presentation – The German Battle Fleet (Battery 519) 
  • 11:30 AM – 3” Artillery Gun Firing (Round 1 – Orientation Building) 
  • 11:45 AM – Dunes of Defense Film (1st Showing – Battery 519) 
  • 12:45 PM – Women of Fort Miles (Battery 519) 
  • 1:00 PM – German U-Boat Surrender (Orientation Building) 
  • 2:00 PM – Small Arms Demonstration (Orientation Building) 
  • 2:15 PM – Dunes of Defense Film (2nd Showing – Battery 519) 
  • 3:30 PM – 3” Artillery Gun Firing  (Round 2 – Orientation Building) 
  • 3:30 PM – Fort Miles Historical Association Veterans Wall of Honor Induction Ceremony (Battery 519) 
  • 3:30 PM – Final Battery 519 Tour 

Shuttles to Fort Miles Historical Area:  9:30 – 4:30PM – CHSP Beach Bathhouse Parking Lot 

Post Open House Event:  Rehoboth Beach Concert Band, Free Concert, 5 – 6:15 PM (Battery 519) 

Historical Interpreters from the 261st Coast Artillery and Other Units will be on site all day – See and Learn About World War II Vintage Vehicles and Equipment. 

Sketching Contest for Registered Artists (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM) and informal sketching for others throughout the day. 

Museum Gift Shop and Visiting Artists Art Gallery open 10 AM – 4 PM.