Punkin Chunkin machines vie for the top spot as they hurl their punkins through the air. A wonderful read-aloud for both visitors and locals!

Following on the heels of the riotous As I Lay Frying, Fay Jacobs gives you the inside story on ilfe in this small resort town on the Delaware Coast. Jacobs' witty way of describing universal experiences and the travails life delivers will keep you laughing, smiling and relating page after page.

On the first day of school in 1954, Orlando Camp and ten other black teenagers became the first to integrate the all-white Milford High School. The following weeks were filled with racism, turmoil and threats, leading the school to close down before September had even ended. Milford could have made history; it could have been a leader in the integration of schools in Delaware and the nation. Instead, it failed to try and failed these young adults.

45 years later, journalist Jane "Lee" Watton tells the true story of the summer of 1965, when the Office of Naval Intelligence launched a major inquiry into reports of suspected homosexuality amongst a group of young WAVES.

Profiled here are 50 ordinary Americans who did extraordinary things during a time unlike any other in American history. These are men and women who today call southern Delaware home. In the 1940s, these brave Americans put their lives on hold to fight for freedom and democracy against the horrific threat imposed on the world by Emperor Hirohito of Japan and German Fuhrer Adolph Hitler.