Bug and Bud Festival to celebrate 50th anniversary of ladybug naming

Terry RogersCulture, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

On April 25, 1974, 19 second graders from Ms. Mollie Brown’s class at Lulu M. Ross Elementary School made state history when they stood by in Legislative Hall and watched as the ladybug was officially chosen as the Delaware state bug. They were also present when then Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt signed the legislation into law later that day. This …