The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs will be sponsoring a wide variety of activities during the month of November. Several of these programs will be conducted in front of a live audience, while three will be streamed live on the internet with registration required.

All programs are free and open to the public. Go to the following for additional information and reservation instructions here.

The schedule is as follows:

•Tuesdays, Nov. 2, 9 and 16; Fridays, Nov. 5, 12 and 19; Saturday, Nov. 20: Guided visitation to the African burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation. Guided visitation leads participants to the African burial ground which is believed to be the final resting place for enslaved and free Black men, women and children who died on the plantation.

John Dickinson Plantation, 340 Kitts Hummock Road, Dover. Programs at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Admission free but reservations recommended by calling 302-739-3277.

Saturday, Nov. 6: 18th Century Market Fair. Daylong series of programs harkens back to an era when The Green served as the focal point of life in Dover as historical interpreters explore the goods, wares and political attitudes of the 1700s.

The Old State House will celebrate the fair with quill-pen writing, consultations with an 18th century doctor and apothecary, and the theatrical production

The Green, Dover. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 302-744-5054.

•Friday, Nov. 12: “My Dear Douglass: The Story of Victor’s Forgotten Co-Founder.” Full-length documentary, broadcast virtually, explores the life of Leon Forrest Douglass, a pioneer and inventor who revolutionized recorded music and the early motion picture industry.

Program streamed live via Zoom. Registration required. 6 p.m. For additional information, call 302-739-3262 or jvmuseum@Delaware.gov.

•Friday, Nov. 12: Concert by singer/songwriter Sug Daniels. The Old State House, 25 The Green, Dover. 7:30 p.m. 302-744-5054.

•Tuesday, Nov. 16: “Whose Story? Heritage and History in St. Eustatius.” Virtual program in which Fran Mahon, a research fellow at the Preservation Society of Newport County, discusses the implications and construction of heritage within the Caribbean. Program streamed live via Zoom. Registration required. 5 p.m. For additional information, call 302-645-1148 or zmuseum@delaware.gov.

^•Friday, Nov. 19: “Nanticoke.” Virtual lecture by Sterling Street, coordinator for the Nanticoke Indian Museum in Millsboro, who will discuss the history of the Nanticoke people and showcase artifacts from the museum’s collections.

^Program streamed live via Zoom. Registration required. 4:30 p.m. For additional information, call 302-645-1148 or zmuseum@delaware.gov.