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Rock Solid History Digest 06.25.21

6/24/2021

This week, learn about a young musician 🎻, a school mural 🎨, a statue 🗽 featured in Night At the Museum, cool new coins 🤑, and helpful cemetery caretakers 🛉🛉🛉🛉!

Grover Cleveland Middle School seventh-grader selected for NJ teen arts festival
By Tap Into West Essex

Questions about future of New Jersey school threatens historic mural
By Lisa Rozner for CBS2 News (photo above courtesy of CBS2 News)

Famed Theodore Roosevelt statue at New York’s Natural History museum will be relocated
By Associated Press in the Chicago Sun Times

US Mint to issue quarters honoring notable American women
By the Associated Press in the SanteFe/New Mexican (photo below of candidate art courtesy of https://www.usmint.gov/)

Roma boys help restore forgotten Slovak Jewish cemetery
By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka for WHBL (photo by Reuters)

Rock Solid History News Digest 06.18.21

6/17/2021

Passaic deli owned by immigrants serving up a side of local history
By Matt Fagan for NorthJersey.com

Dr. Still Center digs up new questions about the American Dream
By Alyssa Biederman for CentralJersey.com

Restoration resumes for 200-year-old factory that drove Bridgeton's early development
By Vincent Jackson for The Press of Atlantic City (photo above of Cumberland Nail & Iron Works postcard)

Goats arrive at De Pere Greenwood Cemetery
By Rachel Hopmayer for NBC 26 Green Bay

Fragments of 4,500-year-old Neolithic cabin discovered in southwest China
By Jesse Holth for ARTnews (photo below by Chiangmai Life Architects)

Rock Solid History News Digest 06.11.21

6/11/2021

An eagle from Grand Central is at New Jersey zoo
By Michelle Young for Untapped Cities (photo of Space Farms above by Veronica Ditko)

This day in history: the first drive-in movie theater opens
By Elizabeth Blackstock for Jalopnik (photo below courtesy Orange County Archives)

Matawan woman's painting on display in Barcelona art museum
By Carly Baldwin for The Patch

Tale of childhood theft, braggadocio and eventually, decades later, the return of a stolen sword
By Kerry Benefield for The Press Democrat

‘They’re taking over’: Groundhogs unearthing human remains in Montreal cemetery nightmare
By Phil Carpenter for Global News

Rock Solid History News Digest 06.04.21

6/3/2021

N.J. city honors, restores largely forgotten burial ground of Black Civil War Veterans
By Michael Mancuso for NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

“Cricket is in my blood” say new immigrants who are expanding the game in NY and nationwide
By Ela Dutt for News India

The debate over the Geographical Center of North America
By CBS NEWS Sunday Morning (see photo above)

How Loki shapeshifted from Nordic folklore to a Marvel icon
By Sarah Durn for Gizmodo

Singapore collectors series: why this jewellery designer donated a 75-Carat diamond he owned
By Amelia Yeo for Singapore Tatler (photo below courtesy of the Asian Civilisations Museum)

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