• Navigating the Starry Sky – Overfalls Family Program

    Lightship Overfalls 219 Pilottown Road, Lewes

    Children and their families are welcome to join us for our monthly Family Program at the Lightship Overfalls.  This month's "Navigating the Starry Sky" program features renowned astronomer and Overfalls guest lecturer, Mr. Jim O'Leary. The Moon and the Big Dipper are two of the most common sights in our night sky.  We will make

  • Delaware Maritime Hall of Fame Induction Dinner – SOLD OUT!

    Irish Eyes 213 Anglers Road, Lewes, DE, United States

    On Friday, June 8th we will honor the 2023 inductees into the Delaware Maritime Hall of Fame.  The dinner will be held in the Lewes Room of the Irish Eyes Restaurant located on the Lewes Canalfront overlooking the Lightship Overfalls (LV-118) and the Delaware Maritime Hall of Fame Monument. This is a ticketed event and

  • Annual Meeting of the Overfalls Foundation and Board Elections

    Lewes Public Library 111 Adams Ave, Lewes, DE, United States

    The election of new members to the Board of Directors of the Overfalls Foundation will take place at the Foundation’s Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, beginning at 7:30 pm, at the Lewes Public Library in the large meeting room.  All members are requested and encouraged to attend this important meeting.  Following the election,

  • Overfalls Halloween Parade

    Historic Lewes Campus Start at 110 Shipcarpenter Street, Lewes, DE, United States

    Ahoy! The Lightship Overfalls is being taken over by Lewes Pirates this Halloween Season!! Interested young buccaneers and Halloween goblins will assemble at the Lewes Historical Society campus at 110 Shipcarpenter Street, on Sunday October 29, at 3:00pm. Swashbuckling escorts will lead the parade of pirates as they haunt the town on their way to

    Free
  • Veteran’s Day Tours

    The Lightship Overfalls, Museum and Ship Store will be open on Saturday, November 11th from 10 am to 4 pm.  Tours will be free for members of the military, military retirees, and veterans along with children 14 and under.

  • Volunteer Appreciation Night

    Wheelhouse Restaurant 7 Anglers Road, Lewes, DE, United States

    Calling all Overfalls Foundation Volunteers!  You've worked hard this year and it has paid off with a great season of tours, sales and preservation work.  Please join us for an appreciation reception on Wednesday, November 8th from 4-6 pm at the Wheelhouse restaurant in Lewes, Delaware.  All volunteers and their significant others are welcome.  

  • Public Speaking Event – Exploring the Milky Way Galaxy

    Lewes Public Library 111 Adams Ave, Lewes, DE, United States

    Please join us for our first public guest speaking event of the season on Friday, November 17th at 7 pm in the Lewes Public Library large conference room.  Exploring the Milky Way Galaxy will be presented by renowned astronomer, Mr. Jim O'Leary.  The presentation will include a discussion on aspects of our galactic home in

  • Overfalls Foundation Guest Speaker Event: The Life and Art of Delaware Artist Jack Lewis

    Lewes Public Library 111 Adams Ave, Lewes, DE, United States

    Please join us at the Lewes Public Library at 5 pm for our first guest speaker event of 2024 as we host the Lewes History Museum Coordinator, Alan Jensen, who will provide a presentation about Delaware artist Jack Lewes. Jensen will explore Lewis' life including his work as an artist in the Depression-era Civilian Conservation

  • Volunteer Recruitment Event

    Virden Center 1155 College Dr., Lewes, DE, United States

    The Overfalls Foundation needs energetic volunteers to help with all that goes into keeping an all-volunteer, small nonprofit, “afloat.” No prior knowledge of ships is necessary. The Overfalls Foundation is a fun, community-oriented organization. The mission of the Foundation is to preserve and manage the Lightship Overfalls, the big red ship docked in Lewes, and