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Welcome to Lewes
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Just how quiet is tiny Lewes, Del.? Well, the last time we were
there, the ice cream parlor was packed and the town liquor store was
holding a yard sale (we picked up two nice glasses for 50 cents!).
So low-key that it's easy to miss, this 350-year-old gateway to the
beaches of Cape Henlopen is one of the more interesting towns on the
Delmarva Peninsula. The first European colony in Delaware,
established by Dutch whalers who called it Zwaanendael ("valley of
the swans"), Lewes became the home of the famous Delaware Pilots, who
have been guiding ships up Delaware Bay for more than three ...
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