 In the latest "Rock Solid History News Digest" for families, learn about a Juneteenth book 📗, battlefields in NJ ⚔, vintage bathrooms 🚽, a very old monument ⭖, and an unknown culture 🐢! Sign up at the button to get a list of upcoming family-friendly events as well. Struggle and celebration: Montclair author gives kids an insight into Juneteenth By Talia Adderley for Montclair Local (book cover courtesy of Amazon.com) Guide to exploring New Jersey Revolutionary War history for July 4 By TAPinto Hackettstown Staff Luxury is not a walk-in shower with a toilet. It’s a vintage tile L.A. bathroom By Krystal Chang for the Los Angeles Times Burzahom: the story behind Srinagar’s Stonehenge By Saumya Ancheri for Conde Nast Traveller (photo below courtesy of searchkashmir.org) Newly found Chinese artifacts illuminate mysterious ancient kingdom By Patrick Smith for NBC News 
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 In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest" for families, learn about dinosaurs in NJ 🦖, an updated arcade 🎮, summer fun ⛱, a new coin 🥈, and an unexpected finding in a cave 🦞! Sign up at the button above 👆 to get the full newsletter with family-friendly events and activities in NJ/NY. New Jersey is a great paleontology state By ZuzuRU for Off Tackle Empire (photo above courtesy of the Library of Congress) One of the Jersey Shore’s most beloved attractions is getting a facelift By Bill Doyle for New Jersey 101.5 How to spend summer 2022 in New Jersey By Urban Matter A new quarter honors Native American leader and activist Wilma Mankiller By Tekella Foster for NPR/WNYC (image below courtesy of U.S. Mint) Elusive creature was feared extinct-then it surfaced in cracks of dark Alabama cave By Alison Cutler for Sun Herald   In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest" for families, learn about the “down the shore” moniker 🌊, a Depression-era castle 🏰, a Civil War cemetery caretaker 🍂, a lost city 🌆, and cave houses 🏠. Also get the low-down on tons of NJ/NY area events for kids and their families. Sign up at the button above! ‘Down the shore’ explained: a history of Philly’s favorite summer travel phrase By Asha Prihar for Billy Penn This could possibly be the strangest house in all of New Jersey, maybe America? By Shawn Michaels for 92.7 wobm (photo above courtesy of the-palace-of-depression.business.site) N.J. man dedicates his spare time to maintaining graves of Black veterans who served in the Civil War By Amethyst Martinez for NJ Advance Media/NJ.com Lost Maya city discovered in the Yucatan By Heritage Daily Viking-era cave system larger, older than previously thought By Larissa Kyzer for Iceland Review (photo below courtesy of Kristborg Þórsdottir)   Kids can dig into history near & far and learn about mermaids 👸, a very old cemetery ⛼, telephone scientists 📞, an old paint source 🖌, and a game like Monopoly 🎲 in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest! " Sign up at the button above for the full newsletter with family-friendly events in NJ/NY. Mermaids in New Jersey: a full breakdown By Sarah Griesbach for Hoboken Girl Cemetery in Sparkill that's filled with history marks its 175th year By News 12 Staff Black innovators reflect on time at Bell Labs: ‘I was born to be a scientist’ By Andrew Harrison for Centraljersey.com This 12,000-year-old Wyoming quarry could be North America’s oldest mine By Sarah Kuta for Smart News & Smithsonian Magazine Monopoly-like board games were part of life in Goliath's birthplace - study By The Jerusalem Post (photo courtesy of hasbro.com)   In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest," learn about a museum fire 🔥😭, a rare & cute caboose 🚂, a cool canal 🌊, rediscovering a rich culture 🍵🏮, and an amazingly old find ⯅! Sign up at the button above to get the FULL weekly newsletter. Fire under investigation at The Stone Museum; building structures destroyed By Kathy Change for Centraljersey.com (photo courtesy of Sheena Chi on flickr) Mahwah caboose is one of only two left of its kind. An effort is under way to repair it By Marsha A. Stoltz for NorthJersey.com This month in Wayne history—the Morris Canal opens! By Chris Jenner & Tessa Payer, Wayne Museum, for TAP into Wayne Archaeology illuminates Chinese businesses in Eugene, Oregon By Lexie Briggs, University of Oregon, for Phys.org Eagle-eyed boy finds 5,000-year-old arrowhead on Cork beach By Eoin English for the Irish Examiner   In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest," see optical illusions 👀, a new kids book 📘, hiking in Mt Holly 🥾, a statue for Sally Ride 🚀, and a fairy sculpture 🧚! Sign up at the button above for the FULL NEWSLETTER with family-friendly events! American Dream announces a new mind-bending attraction: Paradox Museum By Allison Pries for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark donates Paterson silk strike children's book to Paterson By Gabriella Dragone for TAP into Paterson (see photo above) Hiking New Jersey: The Mount Holly Rail Trail in Burlington County By Shawn Michaels for 92.7 wobm Cradle of Aviation to unveil sculpture dedicated to space pioneer Sally Ride By Brian Heyman News12 New Jersey (image courtesy of Cradle of Aviation Museum) 12th century Apsara carvings found in Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia By Khmer Times (photo below by Yi Sotha/APSARA National Authority)   In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest," get a glimpse into girlhood 📸, take a kayaking challenge 🕱🛶, explore a former Lenape reservation 🔎, learn who the real McCoy is ❔, and see a giant history-telling puppet 🧝! These stories are selected to engage youngsters & their families in local New Jersey/New York history, as well as history outside of these borders. Click the button above to sign up! Rutgers-Newark exhibit focuses on the experiences of Black girls in America By News 12 Staff (image above courtesy of expressnewark.org) Test your sea skills with new Pirate Rum Challenge at Independence Seaport Museum By Maggie Mancini for PhillyVoice Hands-on history lesson: Archeologist explores abandoned Lenape reservation By Katherine Scott for ABC 6 Action News Google honors the Black inventor who likely inspired the phrase ‘the real McCoy’ By Joe Hernandez for WHYY PBS Gnomus, the giant puppet, entertains visitors at the ancient monument By BBC News (photo below courtesy of puppetswithguts.com)   In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest," learn about Ben Franklin & his son 👑, a locomotive coming to NJ 🚂, a special highway for veterans★, what Navy tattoos mean ⚓, and all about dingoes 🐕! Click on the button above to sign up & get full newsletter with events and day trips as well. Brian Donohue visits Proprietary House Museum for lesson on Benjamin Franklin By Brian Donohue for News 12 New Jersey Lackawanna M.U. coach to be restored for display in New Jersey By Trains.com Blue Star Memorial Highways, honoring America’s veterans, began in New Jersey By Ken Schlager for New Jersey Monthly (photo above courtesy of NJ Department of Transportation) Tattoo: Maritime art form has featured many popular images over time By Julia Triezenberg for Discover Our Coast (photo courtesy of Columbia River Maritime Museum) A new study unspools the dingo's mysterious origins By Matthew Rozsa for Salon.com   In this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest" for kids, see vintage computers 💻, an asparagus-loving town 🥦, cool old cars 🚘, camp at the Underground Railroad 👣, and an old tomb ⛼! Click the button above to sign up for this family-friendly newsletter. Vintage Computer Festival East is this weekend By Tom Nardi for Hackaday N.J. town celebrates all things asparagus, marks 100th anniversary of historic flight By Bill Duhart for NJ.com Vintage Automobile Museum celebrates its founder By Anthony Garcia for Star News Group All aboard for the Peter Mott House Museum's first Underground Railroad camp By Nicolette White for Burlington County Times Archeologists to open mysterious sarcophagus discovered underneath Notre Dame Cathedral during post-fire excavations By Joshua Zitser for Business Insider (photo below courtesy of Pexels)   This week, To learn about a beautiful train ride 🚂, a worthy walk 👣, a forgotten cemetery in NYC 👤, is it cake or not 🎂❓, and flying dinosaurs 💸! Sign up HERE for entire family friendly newsletter. Here’s your chance to ride historic train cars out of New York’s Penn Station along the Hudson River By Caroline Tanner for The Points Guy (photo above by Mark Forman/The United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey) To honor Harriet Tubman and others, this 165-mile ‘Walk to Freedom’ traces South Jersey Underground Railroad routes By Tribune News Service New York marble cemetery tells the larger story of New York By Penelope Gould for NYU Local ‘Is It Cake?’ builds on a lengthy tradition of visual deception By Maggie Cao for The Conversation/ Smithsonian Magazine (photo below courtesy of Netflix) Scientists discover ancient cemetery of flying reptiles in Chile's Atacama desert By Reuters  |
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