During the settlement of New Sweden (present-day Delaware) a European immigrant had murdered a Native American woman picking peaches and started The Peachtree War. While the war was nominally started in the defense of a murder, it was more of a war against the Netherlands who had conquered New Sweden, whom had protected the Native…
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(Not So) Fun Fact: Tom Carper’s Original LGBT+ Stance
Back in the 1990s, United States Senator Tom Carper signed a law as Governor of Delaware defining marriage as between a man and a woman. He did however vote against the Federal Marriage Amendment which would have banned marriage equality in every single state. In 2013, he became fully supportive of LGBT rights.
Fun Fact: Net Worth of Chris Coons
Delaware’s Senator Chris Coons has a net worth of about $10 million dollars.
Fun Fact: Chris Coons and Beau Biden
Chris Coons almost didn’t run for the Senate seat he won, which was once held by Joe Biden who had to vacate to become Vice President in 2009. He decided to run when Joe Biden’s son Beau Biden declined to run for the Senate seat.
Fun Fact: Why Chris Coons Became a Democrat
Delaware’s Senator Chris Coons was once a Republican, but when he was studying abroad in Kenya was when he made his political shift as a Democrat.