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Delaware’s August Moments Through Time | Dover News
In a whirlwind of Delaware history, August 2006 saw the greenlight for a major trail project along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, while Joe Flacco stepped into the starting quarterback role for the University of Delaware football team. Meanwhile, 50 years earlier in 1976, the Delaware Correctional Center erupted in chaos after an inmate escape triggered riots and hunger strikes amid severe overcrowding. And a century back in 1926, a Wilmington man faced murder charges after allegedly shooting his wife — with the twist that he claimed she turned the gun on him. These snapshots reveal how…
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