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Rock Solid History News Digest 05.14.21

5/14/2021

Sussex County 'gem': NYC museum to unveil 22-ton slab of glowing rock from Ogdensburg
By David M. Zimmer for NorthJersey.com (photo courtesy of Sterling Hill Mining Museum/ Paul Michael Kane)

Paddling the Passaic
By Virginia Citrano for MyVeronaNJ

Tusky titan finds new home at Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex
By The Intelligencer/Wheeling New-Register (Virginia)

New art display in Bartlesville meant to honor Native American culture
By Julia Gorman, FOX23 News (Oklahoma)

Gold for the Gods: Rare 1,500-year-old pendants found in Norse ritual hoard
By Jesse Holth for ART news (in Norway) (photo by Margrete F. Simonsen / UIO Museum of Cultural History)

Rock Solid History News Digest 05.07.21

5/7/2021

New Jersey middle schooler set to make history as one of the 1st female Eagle Scouts
By Ashley Johnson for ABC 6 Action News (photo courtesy of ABC 6 Action News)

Moses, Satchel, Smokey Joe, Cool Papa: The Negro Leagues celebrate 100-plus years of overlooked baseball
By Peter Genovese for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The history of pork roll vs Taylor ham in New Jersey
By Erica Commisso for Hoboken Girl

TikTok discovers hidden cemetery at popular Hudson Valley mall
Jess for 101.5 WPDH

1,200 years ago, Maya children decorated this hidden cave with handprints
By Nora McGreevy for Smithsonian Magazine (photo below courtesy of Sergio Grosjean)

Rock Solid History News Digest 04.30.21

4/30/2021

African American Civil War veterans honored in Matawan
By Matthew Ward for Matawan-Aberdeen, NJ Patch

Basking Ridge Old White Oak remembered; call for more pictures
By TAP into Basking Ridge

At N.J.’s new 3D art museum, you can look like you’re climbing the Statue of Liberty
By Allison Pries for NJ Advance Media & NJ.com

How new technology is revealing Civil War secrets of an old house
By Andrew Beaujon for The Washingtonian (photo above courtesy of RB Toth Associates)

Fingerprint from 5,000 years ago found in Orkney
By BBC News (photo below courtesy of Jan Blatchford)

Rock Solid History News Digest 04.23.21

4/23/2021

'Proudly she served:' Late Montclair woman honored with painting
By Eric Kiefer, Patch

Big Bird meets Calder on the Metropolitan Museum’s roof garden
By Margie Goldsmith for Forbes (photo above courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Hidden history: Archaeologists turn to technology to look for clues at Fort Owen
By Perry Backus for Ravalli Republic (Montana)

Salem's Chinatown unearths cemetery shrine
By Kimberli Fitzgerald for Salem Reporter (Oregon) (photo below courtesy of Willamette Heritage Center)

French officials perplexed by gold bars and coins found stashed in old house
By The Guardian

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)

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