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Volunteers carve pumpkins for Zwaanendael display
Young pirates take time from creations to invade and take over the Lightship Overfalls
Faith Botts of Bear is having a really good time carving a pumpkin Oct. 29 at the Lewes Historical Society complex. The pumpkins will be used to decorate Zwaanendael Park for Halloween. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
October 31, 2023
The Lewes Historical Society hosted its annual family-friendly pumpkin carving event Oct. 29 at its Shipcarpenter Street complex. All of the pumpkins will be used to decorate Zwaanendael Park on Halloween night when trick-or-treaters will be given candy thanks to Lewes in Bloom volunteers and assorted witches and goblins.
Following the carving, Marcos Salaverria, the society’s director of education, led the participants in a pirate overthrow of the historic Lightship Overfalls. Members of the Overfalls Foundation were on hand to give away honorary pirate certificates and pumpkins. And the young pirates found a treasure chest filled with candy and other treats.
Volunteers carved dozens of pumpkins for a Lewes Historical Society Halloween night display at Zwaanendael Park.
Courtney Huxtable of Lewes is busy cutting out the insides of pumpkin for carvers to take over.
Lunna Pappas, aka Ariel from The Little Mermaid, cuts open a pumpkin to begin carving.
Coleen Dowd is really into carving as she concentrates on a pumpkin design.
Carving is a family affair for (l-r) Seth, Lunna, Alexis and Eralise Pappas, who recently moved to Lewes.
Kathleen Flynn of Lewes is proud of her creation, which required precision carving.
Andrew Lyter, Lewes Historical Society executive director and curator, gets a handful of pumpkin pulp.
Russ Huxtable of Lewes is among a host of volunteers carving pumpkins to be displayed at Zwaanendael Park.
Delaney Huxtable starts work on another pumpkin destined to be displayed Halloween night.
Hope Botts of Bear stands on a bench to get a better angle on her pumpkin.
Kathleen Flynn of Lewes and Andrew Brenna of Wilmington are comparing notes as they work out designs for their first two pumpkins.
Michael and Keira Dowd work together to carve a jack-o-lantern face.
Lunna Pappas gets a helping hand from her father, Seth, as they cut the top off a pumpkin.
Marcos Salaverria, Lewes Historical Society director of education, is ready to lead an “invasion” of the historic Lightship Overfalls.
Lightship Overfalls Foundation President Mike Safina keeps an eye out for some pirates rumored to be attacking the ship.
“Pirates” walk on the gangway to search for treasure on the Lightship Overfalls.
The treasure has been found. Young pirates located a chest on the Lightship Overfalls filled with booty (candy).
Young pirates seeking treasure take over the Lightship Overfalls.
Eillie Ackerman, almost 1, is by far the youngest honorary pirate at the Lightship Overfalls.
