July 16, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 248

Media Contact Information:  Laura Lee, Fort Delaware State Park, 302-834-7941; or Necia Beck, Delaware State Parks, 302-739-9175 or necia.beck@state.de.us

Fort Delaware’s ‘Appetite for Apparitions’ offers dinner and ghost stories on July 31 

DELAWARE CITY – Visitors will have the rare opportunity to visit Fort Delaware on a Saturday evening for dinner and a ghostly presentation during dessert by local folklorist and author Ed Okonowicz. On Saturday, July 31, the ferry to Fort Delaware will leave Delaware City at 6 p.m. After arriving at Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island, visitors will travel by jitney to the Civil War-era fortress for dinner.

With dessert, Ed Okonowicz will present Haunted Lighthouse Tales and Sea Superstitions. Afterward, park staff will lead a tour of the fort that mixes history with some ghostly stories. Program participation is limited to 50. Price and menu information is available from the park office, 302-834-7941. Ed Okonowicz will return to Fort Delaware on Saturday, Aug. 21 to present Delaware’s Best Ghost Stories.

Fort Delaware, located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, was the site of a Civil War prison in the 1860s. A bustling community grew in and around the fort in its heyday making it one of the largest cities in Delaware at one time. Fort Delaware has been featured on the SyFy Channel’s Ghost Hunters. A full schedule of Fort Delaware programs and more information are available at www.destateparks.com or by calling 302-834-7941.