Contact: Meg Marcozzi, Hagley Museum and Library Marketing Manager
(302) 658-2400, ext. 238 mmarcozzi@hagley.org
What: Hagley is offering visitors $1 off admission for donating items for care packages at the Hagley Creek Kids event, “Gunpowder and the Civil War.” Care packages will be sent to Delaware National Guard Unit 126 stationed in a remote area of Afghanistan.
When: Sundays, July 12 and 17, 1 to 4 p.m.
Location: Hagley Museum and Library just off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware
Admission:$11 for adults, $9 for students and senior citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for members and children five and under (these prices do not reflect the discount if items for the care packages are donated)
Brief: The Hagley Creek Kids invite families to learn about the Civil War through hands-on activities. “Gunpowder and the Civil War at Hagley” will examine the role of DuPont Company and its employees played in producing almost half of the gunpowder used by the Union Army. Think ramped-up production, espionage scares, and Delaware Militia. Visitors will be able to create care packages for soldiers, drill with Civil War re-enactors, and become apprentices in Hagley’s nineteenth-century Machine Shop.
Suggested Items for Care Packages:
Packaged Snacks
Lance Crackers
Sugarless gum
Twizzlers
Ground Coffee
Flavored teas
Sweetener (blue, yellow or pink)
Ramen noodles, instant oatmeal, hot chocolate mix
Fruit roll ups
Powdered Milk
Prepackaged, Non-Perishable Microwavable meals
Packets of flavored drinks
Baby Wipes
Tooth Brushes, Tooth paste (travel size)
Shampoo (travel size)
Gold Bond Powder (Coveted) modest size bottles
Lip Balm
Lotions (travel size)
Athletic Socks
Local publications
DVD Movies
Fun Hand games, puzzles
AVOID:
· Chocolate & Perishable items (They do not do well in Transit and Heat)
· We are not able to accept home baked items
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