Editing New Castle, Delaware (section)

===20th century===
Since 1927, New Castle has offered tours of historical homes, churches, and gardens, which are typically held annually on the third Saturday of May. Householders dress in colonial costumes and an admittance fee, used toward the maintenance of the town's many historic buildings, is charged. Annually in June, New Castle holds its annual Separation Day celebration.

On [[Tornado outbreak sequence of April 23–30, 1961|April 28, 1961]], an F3 tornado hit the north side.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19610428.10.1 |title=Tornado History Project: 19610428.10.1 |access-date=2018-04-18 |archive-date=2020-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716205813/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19610428.10.1 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Although no fatalities or injuries occurred, it was the only tornado of this magnitude ever recorded in Delaware during the [[Fujita scale]] era.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Delaware/F3/map |title=Tornado History Project: F3 in Delaware |access-date=2018-04-18 |archive-date=2018-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053452/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Delaware/F3/map |url-status=usurped }}</ref>