New Castle, DE · Founding Era Sites

First State National Historical Park

A National Park Service unit created specifically to preserve sites tied to Delaware's founding-era role.

DirectionsOfficial site

Why it matters

A park that exists purely to tell one state's founding story — worth seeing why it earned that name.

🗺️More patriotic places in Delaware

Nearby in Delaware

Legislative Hall

Dover, DE

Hagley Museum and Library

Wilmington, DE

Build a trip around this