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Rock Solid History News Digest 04.16.21

4/16/2021

Mason Gross student’s 360-degree dance video project brings Princeton Battlefield to life
By Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Mason Gross School of the Arts (photo above courtesy of merlivguerra.wixsite.com/timetravelerslens)

'A magical place': Hinchliffe Stadium, former Negro Leagues ballpark, being restored to its former glory
By Bob Nightengale for USA Today

New Jersey's Bebop's donuts is taking their family recipe nationwide
By Miguel Amaya for ABC 6 Action News

Loveland artist: Sculpture tells ‘untold story’ of Native American influence on women’s suffrage
By Pamela Johnson for Loveland Reporter-Herald

Egyptian archaeologist reveals details of ancient city: brick houses, artifacts, tools from pharaonic times
By The Associated Press (photo below by Mohamed Elshahed)

Rock Solid History News Digest 04.09.21

4/9/2021

VFW post preserves massive drum corps memorabilia collection
By Kevin Riordan, The Philadelphia Inquirer (pictured above: a drum corp from Wilbraham, Mass.)

Cranford Canoe Club moves closer to National Historic Nomination
By TAP into Cranford

The story of America’s only native parrot, now extinct for over 100 years
By Kevin R. Burgio, University of Connecticut, for KRQE

Renewed push to expand Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground and preserve history
By Gabriele Holtermann for am NY

This groundbreaking new museum holds the largest collection of Inuit art
By Vanita Salisbury for Thrillist (photo below of Tuniigusiia/The Gift courtesy of artist Goota Ashoona)

Rock Solid History News Digest 04.02.21

4/2/2021

Clara Barton Schoolhouse welcomes Girl Scout Troop 25891 for Women’s History Month
By Steven Bassin for Centraljersey.com (photo courtesy of clarabartonmuseum.org)

All-but-forgotten Bergenfield cemetery is resting place of former slaves
By Ricardo Kaulessar for NorthJersey.com

Selfie Stations NJ: ‘New Jersey’s first selfie museum’ opens in Westfield
By Matt Kadosh for TAP into Westfield

Hoboken's century-old Antique Bar and Bakery is keeping the fire burning amid the pandemic
By Miguel Amaya for ABC7 Eyewitness News

Findings in Theopetra cave shed light on Neolithic era in Greece
By Philip Chrysopoulos for The Greek Reporter (photo credit below: Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports)

Rock Solid History News Digest 03.26.21

3/26/2021

Vans new sneaker line celebrates Sayreville history and skateboarding
By Alexander Lewis for MyCentralJersey.com (photo above courtesy of NJ Skateshop and Vans)

An ode to the Trenton Tomato Pie, a saucy creation that should forever be a N.J. food staple
By Amy Byrnes for Jersey's Best

Led by women, USGA Golf Museum promotes diversity in how game is remembered
By Juliakate E. Culpepper for Golf Week

White House Easter eggs on display at Delaware Co. Historical Society
By Audrey Hasson for NBC4i.com

In AlUla, archaeologists uncover earliest evidence of a domesticated dog in Arabia
By Royal Commission for AlUla for Saudi Arabia (photo below courtesy of Royal Commission for AlUla for Saudi Arabia)

Rock Solid History News Digest 03.19.21

3/19/2021

Ridgewood High students qualify for NJ History Day contest
By Montana Samuels for Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ Patch

Women's History Month: 'Sisters of the Skies' aims to close diversity gap in aviation
By Crystal Cranmore for ABC7 Eyewitness News (photo above courtesy of Sisters of the Skies)

This year’s Oscar nominees have many ties to New Jersey
By News 12 Staff (photo of Jessica Bruder by Todd Gray)

Woodlawn Cemetery tour celebrates history of Irish people who helped shape NYC's history
By News 12 Staff (image courtesy of cafepress)

Oldest woven basket in the world found in Israel, dates back 10,000 years
By Rossella Tercatin for The Jerusalem Post (photo below by Yaniv Berman of IAA)

Rock Solid History News Digest 03.12.21

3/11/2021

A 'rainbow tunnel' in New Jersey mine leads to the world's largest fluorescent rock!
By Precious Smith for Nature World News (photo above courtesy of Jeff Glover, Smithsonian)

Abraham Lincoln relative in Upper Freehold; 259-year-old thumbprint could save cemetery
By Jerry Carino for Asbury Park Press

LEGO Ideas might be going a-Viking in its next LEGO set
By Jack Yates for Brick Fanatics (photo below courtesy of Brick Fanatics)

The human footprints of Ojo Guareña
By CENIEH for Phys.org

Volunteer clean-up effort restores ‘forgotten’ cemetery for Hong Kong’s fallen South Asian soldiers
By Laura Westbrook for South China Morning Post (regarding WWI)

Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 03.05.21

3/5/2021

Girl Scouts share and celebrate the organization’s Black history
By Raven Santana for NJ Spotlight News

Ben Shahn, the Rockefellers and a town called Roosevelt, New Jersey
By Michael M. Cohen for The Jerusalem Post

Bite into a 30-pound jumbo bagel at O'Bagel in Hoboken New Jersey
By Miguel Amaya for ABC 7 Eyewitness News

You won't collect coins or weapons in this video game. Instead, you'll gain wisdom about northern Wisconsin tribal culture.
By Frank Vaisvilas for Green Bay Press-Gazette (photo above courtesy of GLIFWC)

Remnants of Black history rescued from pile of rocks in a farmer's field
By CollingwoodToday Staff (Canada)

Rock Solid History News Digest 02.26.21

2/26/2021

Genealogist and teachers team up to teach Black history in Lawnside, New Jersey
By Alejandro Alvarez for The Philadelphia Inquirer

Rutgers confronts ties to slavery with new historical markers
By Robin Lally for Rutgers

Missouri S&T students create digital story map to trace Trail of Tears journey through Missouri
By Andrew Careaga for Missouri S&T (photo above, see map)

Archaeologists search for historic Native American rock art
By the National Forest Service for The News Herald (North Carolina) (photo below courtesy of National Forest Service)

Two major Penang landmarks listed as national heritage sites
By Audrey Dermawan for New Straits Times in Malaysia

Rock Solid History News Digest 02.19.21

2/20/2021

Black history is our history: Paterson firefighters breaking barriers every day in their community
By Lisa Rozner for CBS New York (photo above courtesy of patersonfirehistory.com)

South Jersey teen is the youngest girl to create a New York Times crossword puzzle
By Melanie Burney for The Philadelphia Inquirer

Student draws from own Native American background, spotlights Trail of Tears in musical tribute to lives lost, experiences suffered
By Andrew Harrison for Centraljersey.com (painting below by Robert Lindneux courtesy of The Granger Collection, New York)

Hero stones found at Vinnappalli village
By Staff Reporter for The Hindu (photo courtesy of The Hindu)

The story behind Oreo’s mysterious design
By Mary Brown Malouf for Salt Lake Magazine

Rock Solid History News Digest 02.12.21

2/12/2021

She was the first Black person freed by Lincoln; her grave was paved over & story hardly known
Phil Luciano for the Journal Star (USA Today) (photo above courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Association)

Meet Woodland Park’s world-renowned taxidermist
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan for NJ Monthly

New Jersey holds record for largest paid music concert in the US
Big Joe Henry for 101.5 FM

African American history: a past rooted in the Hudson Valley
David Levine for Hudson Valley Magazine

Why Army helicopters have Native American names
By Katie Lange for Defense.gov (photo below courtesy of Charles Rosemond)

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