Fort Miles Museum Dispatch and eBlast

This email marks the return of a monthly communication to keep you informed of what’s happening at the Fort Miles Museum. This newly named “Dispatch” offers news from the partner organizations that support the Fort Miles Museum and Historical Area: Delaware State Parks, the Fort Miles Historical Association (FMHA) and the Fort Miles Museum Board. (FMHA members will continue to receive Bunker Blasts that focus on FMHA activities and the history of Ft. Miles.) The “Dispatch” was formerly known as ‘eBlast”.

Delaware State Parks (DSP) operates and staffs the Fort Miles Museum and other historical WWII structures in Cape Henlopen State Park.

The Fort Miles Historical Association (FMHA) is the 260+ member Friends group founded in 2003 and partnered with Delaware State Parks to spearhead and begin the restoration of the many structures that make up Ft. Miles, the largest WWII coastal defense installation in the country. The volunteer “Bunker Busters” do the restoration and maintenance of all of the WWII structures, and acquire, restore and display historical artifacts in the Museum. FMHA also holds special events, operates the Museum gift shop and assists DSP with opening and operating the Museum.

The Fort Miles Museum and Historical Area (FMM) was formed in 2021 to bring DSP and FMHA together with community members on a Board whose primary functions are fundraising for capital projects such as the Museum expansion and publicizing and encouraging visitation through communications and advertising.