Wilmington

Brandywine Battlefield Park

Battlefield · 1491 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317

The site of the September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine — the largest land battle of the Revolutionary War — approximately ten miles northwest of Wilmington. The park preserves the Birmingham Hill area where Cornwallis's flanking force struck the American right, Washington's headquarters building, and Lafayette's quarters.

Brandywine Creek State Park

Trail · Adams Dam Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807

The Brandywine Creek corridor north of Wilmington preserves the waterway whose mills powered the region's economy during the Revolution. The creek's current drove flour, paper, and powder mills essential to Continental Army supply. Walking the trail follows the same waterway that made Wilmington strategically indispensable to both sides in 1777.

Fort Christina Monument

Monument · East 7th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

The site of the original 1638 Swedish colonial settlement on the Christina River — the oldest permanent European settlement in the Delaware Valley. By the Revolutionary period this area was part of established Wilmington. The monument (a 1938 gift from Sweden) marks the Kalmar Nyckel landing site. Nearly 140 years of settlement by 1777 gave Wilmington its established infrastructure.

Historical Society of Delaware

Museum · 505 Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801

Primary repository for Delaware historical materials including Wilmington's Revolutionary War records: British occupation documents, mill records, Quaker meeting minutes, and personal correspondence from the Brandywine Campaign era.

Old Swedes Church (Holy Trinity)

Church · 606 Church St, Wilmington, DE 19801

Built in 1698, Old Swedes Church is the oldest surviving church building in continuous use in North America. It served the Swedish-descent community of Wilmington through the Revolutionary period. During the 1777–1778 British occupation, the congregation navigated competing demands of occupying forces and community loyalty.

Old Town Hall, Wilmington

Government · 512 Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801

Built in 1798 near earlier civic structures, Wilmington's Old Town Hall is now a museum operated by the Historical Society of Delaware. The building stands near where Wilmington's colonial-era civic life centered during the Revolutionary period. During the 1777–1778 British occupation, the area served British administrative purposes.