Dover, DE news and local guide

The central square, The Green, was the scene of many rallies, troop reviews and patriotic events, and it remains the heart of the historic district and the site of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Kent County Courthouse. Dover was the home of Caesar Rodney, Delaware's popular wartime leader in the Revolution. He is known to be buried outside Dover, but his exact grave is unknown, and a cenotaph honors him in the cemetery of Christ Episcopal Church near The Green. Dover and Kent County were deeply divided over slavery. Lying between slaveholding Maryland and free Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the city was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and its large Quaker community encouraged a sustained effort at emancipation in the early 19th century. Few people in the area were enslaved, but a small majority supported the institution. The Old Statehouse, Loockerman Hall, the John Dickinson House and the Governor's Mansion are among the city's many sites on the National Register of Historic Places. Sources Wikipedia: Dover, Delaware