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1809 - Borough of Wilmington expanded. [1] 1814 - Harmonic Society formed. [6] 1824 - "First public opinion poll" taken in Wilmington during the U.S. presidential election campaign. [7] 1832 Borough of Wilmington becomes a city per state charter. [8] [1] Richard H. Bayard becomes city mayor. 1835 - Wilmington Whaling Company incorporated. [9] 1837
Locals reflect on how much has changed since the 100th anniversary in 1998, and on what needs to happen for Wilmington to fully reckon with its past. Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre at 125 ...
Wilmington has a warm temperate climate or humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with hot and humid summers, cool to cold winters, and precipitation evenly spread throughout the year. In July, the daily average is 76.8 °F (24.9 °C), with an average 21 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs annually.
Wilmington on Fire, a documentary about the Wilmington insurrection directed by Christopher Everett, was released in 2015. [173] [174] David Zucchino won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy (2020). The book uses contemporary newspaper accounts, diaries ...
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, setting the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with a new, distinct administration. [13] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is ...
Mayors of Wilmington, Delaware Rank Image Mayor Start End Party Note 1 Richard Bayard [1] 1832 1834 Whig Wilmington incorporated in 1832. 2 Nicholas Williamson 1834 1843 Whig 3 David C. Wilson: 1843 1845 Whig 4 Alexander Porter 1845 1848 Whig 5 William Huffington 1848 1850 Democratic 6 Joshua Driver 1850 1851 7 Columbus Evans: 1851 1852 Whig
The Wilmington Sharks are a Coastal Plain League (CPL) baseball team in Wilmington that was founded in 1997 and was among the charter organizations when the CPL was formed that same year. The roster is made up of top collegiate baseball players fine-tuning their skills using wood bats to prepare for professional baseball.
CSX connects with the freight/heritage operation, the Wilmington and Western Railroad, based in Wilmington and the East Penn Railroad, which operates a line from Wilmington to Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The last north–south passenger trains through the main part of Delaware was the Pennsylvania Railroad's local Wilmington-Delmar train in 1965.