SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS Preserving the History of the Colonial Wars in Delaware LEARN MORE Painting of Native Americans Greeting Swedish Settlers by Christian Von Schneidau Historical MonumentsThe Delaware colony was founded in 1638 by European colonists from the Netherlands and Sweden. Its history includes occupations by the Dutch, Swedish, British—and the colony of Pennsylvania, which included Delaware until 1703.View Sites & Monuments Become a MemberThe Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Delaware is instituted to perpetuate the memory of events in American Colonial History, and of the men who, in military and naval service, and in civil positions of trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsels assisted in the establishment, defense, and preservation of the American Colonies, and who were, in truth, the founders of the Nation. Learn more