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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

Rock Solid History News Digest 01.01.21

1/1/2021

History to bolster Franklin’s resurgence
By West Milford Messenger

Passaic mural focuses on African American history
By NorthJersey.com (photo above of NorthJersey.com video)

Underground Railroad Museum raises funds during a pandemic
By Lawnside Historical Society, Inc., Neighbor

Murphy bobblehead exceeds sales projections, company says
By David Wildstein for New Jersey Globe (photo below by National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum)

Massive Tsunami Hit the Neolithic Middle East 9,000+ Years Ago
By UC San Diego News Center

Rock Solid History News Digest 12.24.20

1/1/2021

When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey
By Michele Hermann for The Daily Beast

Meet the ‘Detectives’ Documenting New Jersey’s Overlooked Black History
By Livia Gershon for Smithsonian Magazine (photo above by Wild River Publishing)

Hinchliffe Stadium, NJ's field of dreams and Negro League history, will rise again
Andre Sayegh, Special to the USA TODAY Network

How Cape May’s Harriet Tubman Museum Came to Be
By Royal Thomas II for New Jersey Monthly

China's Shimao ruins among top 10 archaeological finds of past decade
By Wu Yan for CGTN (photo below courtesy of Xinhua News Agency)

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