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Rock Solid History News Digest 07.23.21

7/22/2021

Dinosaurs are roaming N.J. and you can walk past them at new Six Flags exhibit
By Michael Mancuso for NJ Advance Media/NJ.com (photo above courtesy of Six Flags)

1938 Belmar, NJ ambulance goes to Ford Museum
By Tribune Content Agency in Journal of Emergency Medical Services

Rail Bridge in Roxbury: a century of trouble with trucks
By Fred J. Aun for Tap into Roxbury

Granddaughter and some dedicated woodcarvers restore a 113-year-old Syracuse grave marker
By Johnathan Croyle for syracuse.com

Rare stone discovered outlining ancient Rome’s city limits
By Associated Press (photo below courtesy of Ara Pacis Museum)

Rock Solid History News Digest 07.16.21

7/16/2021

This week, celebrate a long-ago baseball player ⚾, bookmobile 📚🚗, a little-known monument 🏛, burial ground ⛼ and ancient moon stones 🌙!

Larry Doby celebrations return to Passaic County
By InsiderNJ

In Montclair, this bookmobile got rolling in 1969
By Ariel Zeitlin for Montclair Local

In New Jersey, an unlikely monument to the Syrian and Armenian communities
By Valentina Di Liscia for Hyperallergic (photos above courtesy of artist Bryan Zanisnik)

Bedford-Church African Burial Ground Coalition aims to stop development, educate community on Flatbush history
By Christopher Edwards for BK Reader (photo below courtesy of Bedford-Church African Burial Ground Coalition)

The mysterious moon-tracking stones on Mull that were 'portals to the afterworld'
By Alison Campsie for The Scotsman

Rock Solid History News Digest 07.09.21

7/8/2021

This week, learn about an upcoming museum 🍏, big dances 💃, sunflowers 🌻, ancient carved bone 🦌🦴 and a house in the desert 🏠! Sign up here for much more!!

Jersey City in the preliminary stages of converting Apple Tree House into historical museum
By John Heinis for Hudson County View (photo above by King of Hearts at Wikipedia Commons)

They were popular in the 1700s, but cotillions are still alive and well in N.J.
By Steve Strunsky & Aristide Economopoulos for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Sunflowers - a native plant with an amazing history
By Marion Barnes for Walterboro Live

A 51,000 year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say
By Tom Metcalfe for NBC News (photo below by V. Minkus courtesy of Lower Saxony Office for Heritage)

A tour of Al-Husainan Historical House
By Abdulraouf Murad for Kuwait Times

Rock Solid History News Digest 07.02.21

7/2/2021

This week, learn about a young chess grandmaster ♞♕, new park 🌳, Chinatown monument 💓, bridge for buffalo 🐃, and a carved snake 🐍!

12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest grandmaster in chess history
By Ben Morse for CNN

Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners names new County park in honor of Thomas Mundy Peterson
By New Jersey Stage (photo above courtesy of New Jersey Stage)

Landmarks designates Kimlau War Memorial an archeological site
By Veronica Rose for Cityland NYC

Where the buffalo roam: world’s longest wildlife bridge could cross the Mississippi
By Kari Paul for The Guardian

Sinuous Stone-Age snake sculpture unearthed in Finland
By Kristin Romey for National Geographic (photo below by Satu Koivisto)

Rock Solid History Digest 06.25.21

6/24/2021

This week, learn about a young musician 🎻, a school mural 🎨, a statue 🗽 featured in Night At the Museum, cool new coins 🤑, and helpful cemetery caretakers 🛉🛉🛉🛉!

Grover Cleveland Middle School seventh-grader selected for NJ teen arts festival
By Tap Into West Essex

Questions about future of New Jersey school threatens historic mural
By Lisa Rozner for CBS2 News (photo above courtesy of CBS2 News)

Famed Theodore Roosevelt statue at New York’s Natural History museum will be relocated
By Associated Press in the Chicago Sun Times

US Mint to issue quarters honoring notable American women
By the Associated Press in the SanteFe/New Mexican (photo below of candidate art courtesy of https://www.usmint.gov/)

Roma boys help restore forgotten Slovak Jewish cemetery
By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka for WHBL (photo by Reuters)

Rock Solid History News Digest 06.18.21

6/17/2021

Passaic deli owned by immigrants serving up a side of local history
By Matt Fagan for NorthJersey.com

Dr. Still Center digs up new questions about the American Dream
By Alyssa Biederman for CentralJersey.com

Restoration resumes for 200-year-old factory that drove Bridgeton's early development
By Vincent Jackson for The Press of Atlantic City (photo above of Cumberland Nail & Iron Works postcard)

Goats arrive at De Pere Greenwood Cemetery
By Rachel Hopmayer for NBC 26 Green Bay

Fragments of 4,500-year-old Neolithic cabin discovered in southwest China
By Jesse Holth for ARTnews (photo below by Chiangmai Life Architects)

Rock Solid History News Digest 06.11.21

6/11/2021

An eagle from Grand Central is at New Jersey zoo
By Michelle Young for Untapped Cities (photo of Space Farms above by Veronica Ditko)

This day in history: the first drive-in movie theater opens
By Elizabeth Blackstock for Jalopnik (photo below courtesy Orange County Archives)

Matawan woman's painting on display in Barcelona art museum
By Carly Baldwin for The Patch

Tale of childhood theft, braggadocio and eventually, decades later, the return of a stolen sword
By Kerry Benefield for The Press Democrat

‘They’re taking over’: Groundhogs unearthing human remains in Montreal cemetery nightmare
By Phil Carpenter for Global News

Rock Solid History News Digest 06.04.21

6/3/2021

N.J. city honors, restores largely forgotten burial ground of Black Civil War Veterans
By Michael Mancuso for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

“Cricket is in my blood” say new immigrants who are expanding the game in NY and nationwide
By Ela Dutt for News India

The debate over the Geographical Center of North America
By CBS NEWS Sunday Morning (see photo above)

How Loki shapeshifted from Nordic folklore to a Marvel icon
By Sarah Durn for Gizmodo

Singapore collectors series: why this jewellery designer donated a 75-Carat diamond he owned
By Amelia Yeo for Singapore Tatler (photo below courtesy of the Asian Civilisations Museum)

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.28.21

5/27/2021

This day in history: Supreme Court says Ellis Island mostly in NJ
By Bill Doyle for New Jersey 101.5

National Taffy Day is May 23 and you have New Jersey to thank for it
By Mike Brant for New Jersey 101.5

Watch the test run of Six Flags Great Adventure's thrilling Jersey Devil Coaster
By Michael Tanenbaum for PhillyVoice Staff

Archaeologists, Native American tribes studying pieces of 4,000 year old canoe found in Cooper River
By Lexi Moore for Count on News 2 (NBC, Charleston, SC) (photo courtesy of NBC News 2)

Megalithic site from Karnataka among six finalists for UNESCO Heritage tag from India
By Amit S Upadhye for Express News Service (photo courtesy of Express)

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.21.21

5/21/2021

Lenni-Lenape student helps bring new indigenous studies minor to Montclair State
By Danielle Licht for The Montclair Clarion (photo courtesy of Brianna Dagostino)

All-Star baseball player Yogi Berra celebrated on Forever stamp
By USPS

How Mohawk ‘Skywalkers’ helped build New York City's tallest buildings
By Tony Tekaoniake Evans for History.com

Top 10 misconceptions about historical clothing and fashion
By Alex Miller for Listverse

Melodies from an ancient flute still strike a chord centuries on
By Zhu Ying for Shine (China) (photo courtesy of Ti Gong)