RETURN DAY 2010

Get your ticket now for a change to win a 2-night stay at The Brick Hotel & see the Return Day events from the Veranda.  Proceeds benefit the Georgetown Kiwanis.

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RETURN DAY 2008

Georgetown, DE - History was made on Thursday, November 6, when our own Senator and now Vice-President Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. attended the Return Day festivities, traveling thru the parade route in a beautiful white carriage.  The winning and losing candidates from Election Day 2008 (November 4) rode together in open horse drawn carriages and antique automobiles in a biennial parade 200 years in the making.

**Official Return Day**

Programs For Sale

For sale: Official Return Day 20 page brochure $2.50 each while quantities last. They can be picked up at Return Day Headquarters at the Marvel Museum 510 S. Bedford Street Georgetown De. or by calling 302-855-0722. Shipping and handling charges will apply for items mailed out

BURIAL OF THE TOMAHAWK

After the parade join Delaware's political leaders on the  Main Stage on The Circle in front of the historic Sussex County Courthouse (circa 1837) to hear the Town Crier deliver the returns from the Courthouse balcony.

The dramatic "Burial of the Tomahawk" by Sussex County's party chairmen officially ends Delaware's political season.

Don't forget to grab a "free" OX ROAST SANDWICH available after the burial of the tomahawk on the south side of the Sussex County Courthouse parking lot. The slow cooked beef is barbequed open pit style starting on Wednesday night with a big party.

Before the parade, hundreds of vendors are located just off The Circle selling food of all kinds as well as crafts, etc.

Ceremonial Burial of the Hatchet from a past Return Day

Vice President Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Leads off the 2008 Return Day Parade

Safely guarded by not only his own Secret Service but

the Secret Service in Training Right Here in Georgetown

ONE DAY CANCELLATION STAMP AVAILABLE

A one day cancellation stamp featuring the "Brick Hotel" (like the 2008 pin but in black/white) is available at the Georgetown Post Office until January 6, 2008, at which time the mold will be broken.  Bring your envelope, program or whatever you want stamped to the Postmaster.

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UNIQUE RETURN DAY GIFTS & SOUVENIRS

Want to remember your experience at RETURN DAY? Then call the Return Day Office (302-855-0722) or e-mail info@returnday.org for a unique memento from RETURN DAY 2008 such as a limited edition commemorative coin, a lapel pin, sweatshirt, cap, raincoat, souvenir program,etc. Click to see the 2008 souvenirs. Call now while the selection is still good.

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NEW this year!

The public is invited to share pictures they have taken of Return day festivities.  Upload pictures from cell phones and computers to the photo gallery at this site: www.returnday.com pictures will be posted once they have been approved.

Budweiser Clydesdale's Come to Return Day

The Budweiser Clydesdale's Team and Wagon were stabled at the Marvel Museum and a picture day was held on Wednesday, November 5.  The Clydesdale's were in line for the parade, however the rain prohibited them from being able to participate.

"WEDNESDAY NIGHT

ENTERTAINMENT "

When the beef starts cooking, including a whole steer on a spit, so does the party! Join your neighbors for a night of free musical entertainment, starting at 6 p.m. in the Sussex County Courthouse parking lot just off The Circle in Georgetown. The music ends at 11 p.m., but the ox cooks all night. Click here for entire Carl M. Freeman Foundation Ox Roast night schedule.

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Return Day "Idol" Winners

7-12 age group
2nd runner up-Zoe Collins- Millsboro
1st runner up-Rytasia Briddell- Millsboro

Winner-Jenna Simmons- Dagsboro

13-17 age group
1st runner up- Elise Harmon- Rehoboth
Winner- Daisy Wharton- Laurel

18-21 age group
Winner- Nichole Prettyman- Georgetown

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Quote From 1878 newspaper article about Return Day:

"John M. Clayton, Delaware U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State in President Taylor's administration once said of “Return Day” “that the man who had been to a political meeting in Dagsboro, seen Return Day in Georgetown and visited Paris had witnessed the three most interesting sights in the world!”

Provided by Jim Bowden, Return Day Committee & 2008 President of the Georgetown Historical Society