You can take a step back in time during Delaware Defense Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 23, at Fort Miles in Cape Henlopen State Park. The highlight of the event is the World War II encampment set up by the Harbor Defenders of the.
Melva Simon never sat still. The Mt. Pleasant native served as a Navy secretary during World War II, co-ran an orchard, raised a family, co-taught premarital classes at her church and kept up with a myriad of hobbies. “Don’t tell her she can’t do something,” Melvajo Bennett, Simon’s daughter, said.