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Rock Solid History News Digest 03.26.21

3/26/2021

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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)

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Rock Solid History News Digest 03.19.21

3/19/2021

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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)

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Rock Solid History News Digest 03.12.21

3/11/2021

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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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Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 03.05.21

3/5/2021

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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)

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