 In this week's digest, learn about an old egg vending machine 🥚, sculptures at night 🌃, a slavery history project 📚, new cemetery markers for heroes ⚔, and an ancient chariot 🏇!
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Read about this old lice removing comb, as well as basketball history 🏀, a beautiful hotel 🏨, a young poet ✍, and learning about buildings through the Metaverse 💻 in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest!" for families (photo by Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority). If you haven't signed up yet, do so by Sunday to get a special Thanksgiving issue. Sign up at the button above. The newsletter includes interesting stories to enthrall young minds about history in the Garden state and beyond, as well as fun family-friendly activities happening locally. Plus some special holiday editions!  Lots of fascinating stories in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest" for families. Learn about sporty quilts ⚾⛋, the oldest town in NJ 🌆, Thomas Edison's other invention 🏠, a renewed Black cemetery ✨, and Thor’s hammer 🔨!!!
Sign up at the button above to get the full newsletter, which includes a calendar of family-friendly events in NJ/NY as well as day trip destinations. Be sure to sign up soon to get some bonus HOLIDAY issues too!! (Photo of Thor's hammer courtesy of Halland Museum of Cultural History)  Learn about a beautiful Harriet Tubman mural 💜, a curious artifact ❓, a cool digital map 📜 in NJ, as well as a video game exhibit 🎮 at a NY museum in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest." Then travel to Iran to discover the new understanding of an old language 📑!
Each week, the most fascinating stories for young minds are selected to build a life-long interest in history/ archaeology. Additionally, a slew of events in NJ & NY are shared for everyday or weekend fun. Sign up below to receive the weekly digest, along with special holiday editions. This newsletter was started during the COVID-19 lockdown to recognize the many historical events at our fingertips, all the time (both virtual and in-person). (Photo above courtesy of MoMA.)  In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest" for families, earn about a sweet NJ treat 🍬, charity work on an old farm 🌽🌽🌽, a well-earned street name 📛, people in a famous cemetery 👫, and animal catchers called kites 🪁.
Sign up at the button above to get the free weekly newsletter, focused on news and events in the NY/NJ area kids and families will love. It's my mission to share ⭐Stories to inspire kids to have a life-long love of history in the Garden State and beyond.⭐ (AMAZING aerial photo above courtesy of the City of Alula in Saudi Arabia. This is an example of a kite...)  Recently I helped co-author an article about the 1918 Influenza pandemic for "New Jersey Studies" Summer 2022 edition. I am available to speak on the subject - in fact I have a presentation on Nov. 9. If you are interested in attending, or scheduling your own presentation (for either a group of adults or children), please contact me here. Many thanks!
(Photo above courtesy of the Library of Congress' American National Red Cross photograph collection: Mrs. Brown in the clutches of influenza.)  Read about the Jersey Devil 👿, a refurbished life-saving station 🌊, a mysterious urn ⚱, age-old remedies for new problems 🦪, and where famous pets ended up 🐔 in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest!"
Sign up at the button above to get more - including historical events families will love in New York and New Jersey. There is no fee. (Photo courtesy of ocmuseum.org)  In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest," read about a new trail 👣, local indigenous history 🔥, a long-forgotten canal 🛶, a girl’s tragically short life 🥃, and an ancient peacock carving 🦚! (photo courtesy of @essexenviroctr)
Sign up below to get the full newsletter with events and special editions! Rock solid history digest: old schoolhouse, hidden Meadowlands history, Broadway + more...10/7/2022 In this week's "Rock Solid History Weekly Digest," learn about a really old NJ schoolhouse 🏫, the slave trade in the Meadowlands 🚷, the history of Broadway ⭐🎬, a neat shrimp boat 🦐🚢, and an ancient fridge 🧊... Plus, get a whole slew of fall events as well as a SPECIAL HALLOWEEN ISSUE!! Don't delay - sign up today at the button above. The no-cost newsletter is designed to share ⭐Stories to inspire kids to have a life-long love of history in the Garden State and beyond.⭐  This fall I have lots of brand new talks to give private groups and schools - of all ages - on topics like:
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