Dover, Delaware

Red Rover, Red Rover, send Dover right over. Next in CAPITALS is Dover, Delaware.

Back in the day, New Castle was the capital of Delaware. That was during the time when shouts of “the British are coming” struck fear in everyone, and people in New Castle were worried that their prime riverfront location made them a little too vulnerable to the Redcoats. In a move of revolutionary brilliance, the capital was moved to Dover, a whopping 6 miles inland.

Dover, Delaware