Dave Tabler
@davetabler.bsky.social
Historian, writer, photographer. Author, 5 books on Delaware history. Moderate Democrat. Twitter exile. NO. I am never going to call it "X." davetabler.com
Good news for main streets — $8.1M invested in the Downtown Development District rebate program to help small businesses and revitalize downtowns. 🏘️💼 news.delaware.gov/2026/01/23/2...
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Good news for main streets — $8.1M invested in the Downtown Development District rebate program to help small businesses and revitalize downtowns. 🏘️💼 news.delaware.gov/2026/01/23/2...
Delaware celebrates its artists! The Division of the Arts announced the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship awardees — proud to see local creativity supported. 🎨 news.delaware.gov/2026/01/21/d...
January 27, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Delaware celebrates its artists! The Division of the Arts announced the 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship awardees — proud to see local creativity supported. 🎨 news.delaware.gov/2026/01/21/d...
If you’re looking for a Delaware day trip, a visit to the Kalmar Nyckel is an experience unlike any other. Known as Delaware’s Tall Ship, this full-scale replica of the 17th-century vessel first brought Swedish settlers to the region. more trip ideas here: winniexyong.com/planning-a-d...
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you’re looking for a Delaware day trip, a visit to the Kalmar Nyckel is an experience unlike any other. Known as Delaware’s Tall Ship, this full-scale replica of the 17th-century vessel first brought Swedish settlers to the region. more trip ideas here: winniexyong.com/planning-a-d...
Delaware’s name has a deeper history than most of us learned. Before colonists renamed the land, this region was Lenapehoking, homeland of the Lenape people. This article explains how that shift happened—and why it still matters today. dia.upenn.edu/en/content/M...
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Delaware’s name has a deeper history than most of us learned. Before colonists renamed the land, this region was Lenapehoking, homeland of the Lenape people. This article explains how that shift happened—and why it still matters today. dia.upenn.edu/en/content/M...
Summer 1923: The Klan staged a cross-burning outside New Castle. They didn't expect the Catholics to charge.
Fifty injured. One Klansman fled town and was never seen again.
It was the beginning of the end for the Klan in Delaware.
full story here: www.tinyurl.com/kkk-riot
Fifty injured. One Klansman fled town and was never seen again.
It was the beginning of the end for the Klan in Delaware.
full story here: www.tinyurl.com/kkk-riot
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Summer 1923: The Klan staged a cross-burning outside New Castle. They didn't expect the Catholics to charge.
Fifty injured. One Klansman fled town and was never seen again.
It was the beginning of the end for the Klan in Delaware.
full story here: www.tinyurl.com/kkk-riot
Fifty injured. One Klansman fled town and was never seen again.
It was the beginning of the end for the Klan in Delaware.
full story here: www.tinyurl.com/kkk-riot
Harley G. Brown had a foolproof plan to get his railroad job back: stage an obstruction, play the hero, get rehired.
One problem. He didn't know about the express train.
Four men died that night near Claymont, DE in 1878—including the engineer and his son.
tinyurl.com/Train-Wreck-...
One problem. He didn't know about the express train.
Four men died that night near Claymont, DE in 1878—including the engineer and his son.
tinyurl.com/Train-Wreck-...
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Harley G. Brown had a foolproof plan to get his railroad job back: stage an obstruction, play the hero, get rehired.
One problem. He didn't know about the express train.
Four men died that night near Claymont, DE in 1878—including the engineer and his son.
tinyurl.com/Train-Wreck-...
One problem. He didn't know about the express train.
Four men died that night near Claymont, DE in 1878—including the engineer and his son.
tinyurl.com/Train-Wreck-...
She ran a brothel under police protection—until they crossed her. Then she talked. 'Delaware Behaving Badly' drops January 1. tinyurl.com/DelawareBeha...
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
She ran a brothel under police protection—until they crossed her. Then she talked. 'Delaware Behaving Badly' drops January 1. tinyurl.com/DelawareBeha...
Grateful this Christmas for Delaware's indie bookstores: Browseabout Books, Huxley & Hiro, Delaware Shoppes, Hockessin Book Shelf, and Bethany Beach Books. More than shops—they're community anchors keeping local history alive. Thanks for supporting local authors like me. Stop by for signed copies! 📚
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Grateful this Christmas for Delaware's indie bookstores: Browseabout Books, Huxley & Hiro, Delaware Shoppes, Hockessin Book Shelf, and Bethany Beach Books. More than shops—they're community anchors keeping local history alive. Thanks for supporting local authors like me. Stop by for signed copies! 📚
In 2018 Brigitte Combs read that Delaware had become the first state in America to ban all child marriage — and she broke down and wept.
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tinyurl.com/ms5trn53
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In 2018 Brigitte Combs read that Delaware had become the first state in America to ban all child marriage — and she broke down and wept.
tinyurl.com/ms5trn53
tinyurl.com/ms5trn53
According to the study, the average Delaware car owner spends $4,319 on insurance, maintenance, and gas each year. A significant proportion of that total was spent on gas.
Read More: www.slashgear.com/2041284/dela...
Read More: www.slashgear.com/2041284/dela...
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
According to the study, the average Delaware car owner spends $4,319 on insurance, maintenance, and gas each year. A significant proportion of that total was spent on gas.
Read More: www.slashgear.com/2041284/dela...
Read More: www.slashgear.com/2041284/dela...
In 1963, at age 8, I sent an ink sketch to a local TV program. My mother wrote: "They have been showing children's drawings in between cartoons and Superman episodes... we are waiting for it to be shown." The thrill of possibly reaching strangers through my art? Exhilarating!
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In 1963, at age 8, I sent an ink sketch to a local TV program. My mother wrote: "They have been showing children's drawings in between cartoons and Superman episodes... we are waiting for it to be shown." The thrill of possibly reaching strangers through my art? Exhilarating!
Why is Delaware called "The Diamond State"? Not for mining—for location. Jefferson allegedly dubbed it "the jewel among the states" due to its central position among the 13 colonies. The story's unverified, but the nickname stuck.
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why is Delaware called "The Diamond State"? Not for mining—for location. Jefferson allegedly dubbed it "the jewel among the states" due to its central position among the 13 colonies. The story's unverified, but the nickname stuck.
Yes. Delaware has an official State Sandwich! It's called the Bobbie. Slow-roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and mayonnaise, all on a freshly baked roll.
Thanksgiving all year round!
Thanksgiving all year round!
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yes. Delaware has an official State Sandwich! It's called the Bobbie. Slow-roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and mayonnaise, all on a freshly baked roll.
Thanksgiving all year round!
Thanksgiving all year round!
Delaware is Wawa territory, hands down.
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Delaware is Wawa territory, hands down.
The Delaware Nurses Association and six state-based specialty nursing organizations are voicing opposition to a proposed U.S. Department of Education rule that would exclude nursing from the list of recognized “professional” degrees eligible for higher federal student loan caps.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Delaware Nurses Association and six state-based specialty nursing organizations are voicing opposition to a proposed U.S. Department of Education rule that would exclude nursing from the list of recognized “professional” degrees eligible for higher federal student loan caps.
tinyurl.com/4vzwz4n9
tinyurl.com/4vzwz4n9
Dover, DE residents!
Delaware Shoppes on The Green is stocked with "Delaware at Christmas" - exploring how Delawareans celebrated the holidays from colonial times to today with stories, traditions & vintage photos. Skip the holiday traffic to the beaches or up-county bookstores!
Delaware Shoppes on The Green is stocked with "Delaware at Christmas" - exploring how Delawareans celebrated the holidays from colonial times to today with stories, traditions & vintage photos. Skip the holiday traffic to the beaches or up-county bookstores!
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dover, DE residents!
Delaware Shoppes on The Green is stocked with "Delaware at Christmas" - exploring how Delawareans celebrated the holidays from colonial times to today with stories, traditions & vintage photos. Skip the holiday traffic to the beaches or up-county bookstores!
Delaware Shoppes on The Green is stocked with "Delaware at Christmas" - exploring how Delawareans celebrated the holidays from colonial times to today with stories, traditions & vintage photos. Skip the holiday traffic to the beaches or up-county bookstores!
My first "publication" was December 1958, age 3: a letter to Santa read on the radio. I asked for a fire truck and doll buggies for my sisters. The thrill of having strangers hear your words? That feeling never gets old.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My first "publication" was December 1958, age 3: a letter to Santa read on the radio. I asked for a fire truck and doll buggies for my sisters. The thrill of having strangers hear your words? That feeling never gets old.
Pull up a cozy chair by the fire, dog at your feet, cocoa in hand. You supply those. I'll supply "Delaware at Christmas," packed with centuries of First State holiday traditions. Available now online & at Delaware bookstores.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Pull up a cozy chair by the fire, dog at your feet, cocoa in hand. You supply those. I'll supply "Delaware at Christmas," packed with centuries of First State holiday traditions. Available now online & at Delaware bookstores.
🎄 An Evening with Dave Tabler at Huxley & Hiro
Mon, Dec 9 | 6-8 PM
601 N Market St, Wilmington
Join us for a festive conversation about Delaware at Christmas: The First State in a Merry State — plus complimentary eggnog!
📚 Book signing | All ages | Free w/ registration at tinyurl.com/89bjkfv3
Mon, Dec 9 | 6-8 PM
601 N Market St, Wilmington
Join us for a festive conversation about Delaware at Christmas: The First State in a Merry State — plus complimentary eggnog!
📚 Book signing | All ages | Free w/ registration at tinyurl.com/89bjkfv3
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎄 An Evening with Dave Tabler at Huxley & Hiro
Mon, Dec 9 | 6-8 PM
601 N Market St, Wilmington
Join us for a festive conversation about Delaware at Christmas: The First State in a Merry State — plus complimentary eggnog!
📚 Book signing | All ages | Free w/ registration at tinyurl.com/89bjkfv3
Mon, Dec 9 | 6-8 PM
601 N Market St, Wilmington
Join us for a festive conversation about Delaware at Christmas: The First State in a Merry State — plus complimentary eggnog!
📚 Book signing | All ages | Free w/ registration at tinyurl.com/89bjkfv3
Thrilled to be featured in Coastal Style Magazine discussing 'Delaware at Christmas'! From our state's role supplying plum pudding to British royalty to Milton's holly wreath boom—our history lives in the decorations and memories we bring out every year. Available at Amazon, B&N
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thrilled to be featured in Coastal Style Magazine discussing 'Delaware at Christmas'! From our state's role supplying plum pudding to British royalty to Milton's holly wreath boom—our history lives in the decorations and memories we bring out every year. Available at Amazon, B&N
Frankenstein's monster isn't just a Halloween costume.
UD Professor Persephone Braham: Shelley's creature is deliberately multiracial—what colonizers feared most.
Indigenous cultures had it right: Monsters aren't how you LOOK, but how you ACT.
tinyurl.com/yc5c9uh9
UD Professor Persephone Braham: Shelley's creature is deliberately multiracial—what colonizers feared most.
Indigenous cultures had it right: Monsters aren't how you LOOK, but how you ACT.
tinyurl.com/yc5c9uh9
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Frankenstein's monster isn't just a Halloween costume.
UD Professor Persephone Braham: Shelley's creature is deliberately multiracial—what colonizers feared most.
Indigenous cultures had it right: Monsters aren't how you LOOK, but how you ACT.
tinyurl.com/yc5c9uh9
UD Professor Persephone Braham: Shelley's creature is deliberately multiracial—what colonizers feared most.
Indigenous cultures had it right: Monsters aren't how you LOOK, but how you ACT.
tinyurl.com/yc5c9uh9
Gatekeepers love to claim that using an em dash means AI wrote the text. False. I’ve been transcribing my mother’s 1950s letters—full of em dashes. Writers used them for rhythm and breath long before algorithms existed. AI learned them from us.
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Gatekeepers love to claim that using an em dash means AI wrote the text. False. I’ve been transcribing my mother’s 1950s letters—full of em dashes. Writers used them for rhythm and breath long before algorithms existed. AI learned them from us.
Meet me at the Delaware Author Fair, Oct 26 at The Queen in Wilmington.
I’ll be signing Delaware at Christmas—your guide to four centuries of holiday traditions. 🎄📖
I’ll be signing Delaware at Christmas—your guide to four centuries of holiday traditions. 🎄📖
September 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Meet me at the Delaware Author Fair, Oct 26 at The Queen in Wilmington.
I’ll be signing Delaware at Christmas—your guide to four centuries of holiday traditions. 🎄📖
I’ll be signing Delaware at Christmas—your guide to four centuries of holiday traditions. 🎄📖
Join me on the virtual book tour for my new book, Delaware at Christmas / The First State in a Merry State! From October 20 to November 7, follow along for book reviews, author interviews, and giveaways. #Delaware #Christmas #BookTour #HolidayTraditions tinyurl.com/rs2zk8dp
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Join me on the virtual book tour for my new book, Delaware at Christmas / The First State in a Merry State! From October 20 to November 7, follow along for book reviews, author interviews, and giveaways. #Delaware #Christmas #BookTour #HolidayTraditions tinyurl.com/rs2zk8dp
📸 Research day at the Delaware Public Archives—digging into historic photos of Delaware’s lighthouses for my next book. Every image is a story waiting to be told.
#DelawareHistory #Lighthouses
#DelawareHistory #Lighthouses
August 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📸 Research day at the Delaware Public Archives—digging into historic photos of Delaware’s lighthouses for my next book. Every image is a story waiting to be told.
#DelawareHistory #Lighthouses
#DelawareHistory #Lighthouses