What is National Delaware Day?
## Delaware's lands once belonged to new york and later pennsylvania, and the independent spirit of this stunning coastal countryside is more than just legendary.
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The Delaware River and Bay derived their names from Thomas West, the 12th Baron del la Warr, a governor of Virginia, and Thomas West, the 12th Baron del la Warr. The name was later extended to the land as well.
Delaware's delegates provided a little more suspense for the history books during the Second Continental Congress. Caesar Rodney and George Read more under Caesar Rodney and George Read more.
Delaware declared independence from the British government in 1776, and Delaware adopted its first territorial state constitution in 1776.