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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)

Save the date - March 2 @ 7:30 pm!

2/5/2021

Author Veronica MacDonald Ditko will give a fun presentation FOR KIDS about a unique piece of local history. It will be followed by a talk by the Hawthorne Historical Society.

This is organized by Hawthorne’s Green Team to support the community and local businesses, create awareness & encourage education. 💚

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83028232271?pwd=Vmp3b04zTjhNbTZsRjM0R09RUFh0UT09
Meeting ID: 830 2823 2271
Passcode: 520533

Rock Solid History News Digest 02.05.21

2/5/2021

New Jersey City University women’s wrestling team making history
By Steve Overmyer for CBSN New York

Four-year-old girl discovers dinosaur footprint at Wales beach
By Leah Sinclair for The Evening Standard (photo above courtesy of National Museum Wales)

Rare Spanish Armada maps saved ‘for generations to come’
By April Roach for The Evening Standard (1588 painting of Spanish Armada below)

Perspective: Learning about my identity shouldn’t have to be so difficult
By Dariana González Aguilar and Ian Joyce for EdNC

Making cookies the old-fashioned way with a taste of Old Colony history
By Kristina Fontes for The Taunton Daily Gazette

Rock Solid History News Digest 01.29.21

1/30/2021

Ship wrecks off southern Ocean County coast
By Lori A. Pepenella for Tap Into (photo by Southern Ocean County CoC)

Hinchliffe Stadium: Sporting venue is a Black history icon
Brian LoPinto for USA Today Network

Have you ever heard the Pascagoula River sing?
By Kat Bergeron for Sun Herald

Take a look inside one of Denver’s wildest historic homes, made entirely from concrete
By Ray Mark Rinaldi for The Denver Post

Massive Anglo-Saxon cemetery and treasure unearthed in England
By Harry Baker for Live Science (photo by Museum of London Archaeology [MOLA])

Hawthorne Towncast episode!

1/22/2021

So excited to announce I'm on a new podcast! I talk about finding history near you, and the clues to get you there. Have a listen:
https://anchor.fm/flavio-romeo/episodes/S2-E4-Veronica-MacDonald-Ditko-and-Stephanie-Silvera-ep9oin

Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 01.22.21

1/22/2021

Metuchen plans to ‘do more’ to recognize borough’s
namesake Lenni-Lenape Indian Chief Metuchen
By Kathy Chang for Centraljersey.com (photo by Jim Halpin)

Fair Lawn Naugle House continues to be on borough's to do list
By Rebecca Greene for TAP into Fair Lawn/Glen Rock

Museum Matters: preserving marbles so they aren't lost
By Ester Nunley McMinn, County Living Heritage Museum,
for DailyPostAthenian.com

Washington ferry terminal informed by Native American longhouses
By India Block for de zeen (photo below by Benjamin Benschneider for LMN Architects)

Museums worldwide begin to open as vaccination centers
By Artforum

Rock Solid History News Digest 01.15.21

1/15/2021

Subaru just bought a museum quality 1990 Legacy Wagon off Craigslist
By Jacob Oliva for Motor1.com

Aberdeen man needs museum home for Revolutionary War cannonball in his living room
Jerry Carino for the Asbury Park Press (photo above by Worthington Galleries)

Archaeological dig underway at Huntington’s historic Peter Crippen house
By Sophia Hall of WSBS News Radio 880

New Jersey man attempting to run length of state, ending Sunday in Cape May
Patrick Mulranen , Michelle Brunetti Post for The Press of Atlantic City

Photographer on quest to save Nova Scotia's abandoned cemeteries
By Emma Smith of CBC News (photo below by Steve Skafte)

Rock Solid History News Digest 01.08.21

1/7/2021

Catboats as a lasting legacy of New Jersey
By Writers Branding

Stafford Township preserves history of 2020 in time capsule
By Kimberlee Bongard for The Patch (photo above courtesy of Stafford Township)

What's keeping Passaic's 'Wonder Team' out of the NJ Hall of Fame?
By Matt Fagan for NorthJersey.com

The grave of Florence Irene Ford and the mysterious staircase leading to her coffin
By Emily Mack for Rare (photo below by Natalie Maynor of Atlas Obscura)

Inscription leads archaeologists to tomb of one of the last Han emperors
By Livia Gershon for Smithsonianmag.com