Claymont Stone School

12/07/2025

We would like to thank everyone who stopped by during the Christmas parade yesterday

11/18/2025

Sandi spoke a number of times at the Stone School. She was an extraordinary women.

Bernice Byrd Couch, one of the Claymont 12, has died.

07/03/2025

John Dunlap, official printer to the Continental Congress, produced the first printed versions of the American Declaration of Independence in his Philadelphia shop on the night of July 4, 1776. After the Declaration had been adopted by the Congress earlier that day, a committee took the manuscript document, possibly Thomas Jefferson's "fair copy" of his rough draft, to Dunlap for printing. On the morning of July 5, copies were dispatched by members of Congress to various assemblies, conventions, and committees of safety as well as to the commanders of Continental troops. Also on July 5, a copy of the printed version of the approved Declaration was inserted into the "rough journal" of the Continental Congress for July 4. The text was followed by the words "Signed by Order and in Behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, President. Attest. Charles Thomson, Secretary." It is not known how many copies of what came to be called "the Dunlap broadside" were printed on the night of the fourth. Twenty-five copies are known to exist: 20 owned by American institutions, two by British institutions, and three by private individuals. Shown here is a copy from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

03/21/2025

Just a reminder, tomorrow Saturday 22nd from 11a until 2p, we are open

03/17/2025

Come see us Saturday, March 22. We will be open from 11am until 2pm. We will have some exciting news coming soon.

12/24/2024

12/13/2024

In 1862, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (A Night Before Christmas) by Clement C Moore was published with illustrations by Felix C. Darley. If you look on page 6 - look closely - Darley drew a picture of the side of his house on Darley Road & Philadelphia Pike. This is the same view you get when you look out the Darley Road Windows at the Claymont Stone School.

You need to click on the Library of Congress link below to see the pictures of the pages.

Cover title. In verse. Printer and engraver named on p. [2]. Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 168-175 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC nsk 2020-02-04 no edits (1 card)

12/07/2024

We are open. Please be advised the parade is ending at Manor Ave, but you can still stop in and see us

12/07/2024

Remember to stop by and see us this morning. Come enjoy a cookie and some hot chocolate.