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About Wilmington, Delaware, DE
Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It is at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine River, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain. Wilmington is built on the site of Fort Christina and the settlement Kristinehamn, the first Swedish settlement in North America. Riots and civil unrest in the city followed the 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 9, 1968, Governor Charles L. Terry, Jr. deployed the National Guard and the Delaware State Police to the city at the request of Mayor John Babiarz. Babiarz asked Terry to withdraw the National Guard the following week, but the governor kept them in the city until his term ended in January 1969. This is reportedly the longest occupation of an American city by state forces in the nation’s history. On the western side of Market Street, the Piedmont topography is rocky and hilly, rising to a point that marks the watershed between the Brandywine River and the Christina River. This watershed line runs along Delaware Avenue westward from 10th Street and Market Street. These contrasting topography and soil conditions affected the industrial and residential development patterns within the city. The hilly west side was more attractive for the original residential areas, offering springs and sites for mills, better air quality, and fewer mosquitoes. The City of Wilmington designates nine areas as historic districts: the Baynard Boulevard, Kentmere Parkway, Rockford Park, Cool Spring/Tilton Park, the tri-part sections of the Eastside, St. Marys and Old Swedes Church, Quaker Hill, Delaware Avenue, Trinity Vicinity, and Upper/Lower Market Street. Wilmington has consistently ranked among the most dangerous cities in the United States, along with several other cities in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, such as Camden, Chester, Trenton, and Atlantic City. In the 2000s, while most cities have seen a decrease in crime and murder, Wilmington has broken its record for homicides in a single year multiple times. In 2017, Wilmington saw an even steeper increase in crime. By August 2017, Wilmington had already eclipsed the homicide total of 2016 despite only being 2/3 through the year. Much of Wilmington’s economy is based on its status as the most populous and readily accessible city in Delaware, a state that made itself attractive to corporations with business-friendly financial laws and a longstanding reputation for a fair and effective judicial system. Contributing to the economic health of the downtown and Wilmington Riverfront regions has been the presence of Wilmington Station, through which 665,000 people passed in 2009. Wilmington has become a national financial center for the credit card industry, largely due to regulations enacted by former Governor Pierre S. du Pont, IV in 1981. The Financial Center Development Act of 1981, among other things, eliminated the usury laws enacted by most states, thereby removing the cap on interest rates that banks may legally charge customers. Many major credit card issuers, including Bank of America (formerly MBNA Corporation), Chase Card Services (part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., formerly Bank One/First USA), and Barclays Bank of Delaware (formerly Juniper Bank), are headquartered in Wilmington. The Dutch banking giant ING Groep N.V. headquartered its U.S. internet banking unit, ING Direct now Capital One 360, in Wilmington. Wilmington’s other notable industries include insurance American Life Insurance Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Delaware, retail banking (including the Delaware headquarters of: Wilmington Trust (Now a branch of M&T Bank, after Wilmington Trust merged with M&T in 2011), PNC Bank, Wachovia Bank, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Citizens Bank, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, and Artisans’ Bank), and legal services. A General Motors plant was closed in 2009. Wilmington is home to one Fortune 500 company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. In addition, the city is the corporate domicile of more than 50% of the publicly traded companies in the United States, and over 60% of the Fortune 500.

If you are sending a gift basket to a teacher or student keep in mind that the end of a typical school day is around 3:pm so please keep this in mind when sending gift baskets to a school and remember to place your order early.

Send a get well gift basket to a patient staying at any health care facility located in Wilmington to cheer them up with some healthy fruit and bright balloons.

 

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We deliver daily to all Wilmington hospitals, cemeteries, nursing homes, schools, mortuaries, and funeral homes for funerals, memorial services and celebration of life ceremonies. We also deliver to all local businesses, hotels and convention centers in and surrounding Wilmington.

Cities Near Wilmington: Edgemoor, DE Elsmere, DE Wilmington Manor, DE New Castle, DE Claymont, DE Pennsville, NJ Pike Creek, DE Brookside, DE Newark, DE Chester, PA.

Zip codes in Wilmington:
19801, 19802, 19805, 19806, 19809, 19880, 19884, 19885, 19886, 19890, 19891, 19892, 19893, 19894, 19895, 19896, 19898,19899.

Our Wilmington Gift Basket Company and flower shop local florist offers the world’s largest selection of handcrafted gift baskets and flower for same day delivery in Wilmington or shipping nationwide.

We deliver flowers and balloons daily to all hospitals, veterans hospitals, funeral homes, cemeteries, mortuaries, nursing homes and convalescent hospitals in Wilmington including:
Saint Francis Hospital, 701 N Clayton St, Wilmington, DE 19805 (302) 421-4100
Wilmington Hospital, 501 W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 428-4410
Congo Funeral Home, 2317 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19802 (302) 652-8887
McCrery & Harra Funeral Homes and Crematory, 3710 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, DE 19808 (302) 478-2204
Rockland Place Assisted & Retirement Living, 1519 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803 (302) 565-4160
Goldey-Beacom College, 4701 Limestone Rd, Wilmington, DE 19808 (302) 998-8814

Our Wilmington Gift Basket Company and flower shop local florist offers the world’s largest selection of handcrafted gift baskets and flower for same day delivery in Wilmington or shipping nationwide.

We deliver to all Hospitals in Wilmington including:
Wilmington Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital, Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington VA Medical Center, Swank Memory Care Center, Nemours Children’s Health System, Christiana Care Health System, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Christiana Care Family Medicine Center at Foulk Road, Christiana Hospital, Delaware Psychiatric Center, Fresenius Medical Care at St. Francis Wilmington, David York, PhD, Dr. Brian P. Mcdonough, MD.
We deliver to all Cemeteries, Mortuaries and Funeral Homes in Wilmington including:
Congo Funeral Home, Mealey Funeral Homes, Doherty Funeral Homes, Corleto-Latina Funeral Home, Bell Funeral Home LLC., Evan W Smith Funeral Services, Chandler Funeral Homes & Crematory, Ryland Funeral Home, Krienen-Griffith Funeral Home, Arcaro Charles P, McCrery & Harra Funeral Homes and Crematory, Doherty Funeral Homes, Mealey Funeral Home & Crematory, Rostocki Funeral Home, Nichols-Gilmore Funeral Home, Brandywine Valley Funeral Care, Schoenberg Memorial Chapel.

We deliver to all schools and colleges in Wilmington including:
Wilmington University, Wilson Graduate Center, Centreville Layton School, Delaware College of Art and Design, Springfield College, Delaware Technical Community College – Orlando J. George Jr. Campus – Wilmington, Little People College, Goldey–Beacom College, Del Tech. University Wilmington Campus, College Admission Specialists, LLC., Wilmington University, Wilmington College, goldey-beacon college, Delaware College Prep Charter.