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Rock Solid History News Digest 09.24.21

9/24/2021

This week, learn about a film-worthy old train 🚋, a familiar diner 🍞🥓, a very tall ship ⛵, ancient mounds 🌄 and useful rocks ⦾!

Century-old North Jersey train coach that appeared in movie will be displayed by museum
By David M. Zimmer for NorthJersey.com (photo above courtesy of Steven Hepler)

New Tops Diner set to open and dazzle the eye and palate
By Michael Gabriele for Jersey Bites

New Jersey’s official tall ship in Belfast for some TLC
By Abigail Curtis for Bangor Daily

Georgia's Ocmulgee Mounds may be America's next national park
By Stephanie Vermillion for Conde Nast Traveler

Neolithic grooves dating back to 4000 BC discovered in Nalgonda
By Telangana Today (photo below courtesy of Telangana Today)

Rock Solid History News Digest 09.17.21

9/17/2021

This week, learn about September 11th honors ⚾⚽, a rare flower 🌷, a police station 🚨 turned house 🏠, the world’s longest cave 👷, and a queen-like grave 👑!

20th anniversary of terrorist attacks marked by NY teams
By Associated Press

Rare flower blooms again in Plainfield cemetery, but no new examples of endangered plant found
By John Penney for The Bulletin

Carriage house of historic Brooklyn Heights police station is now a modernized townhouse asking $6M
By Devin Gannon for 6sqft

World’s longest cave just got even longer after discovery at Kentucky national park
By Chacour Koop for Lexington Herald-Leader (see above photo)

Archaeologists astounded by contents of Viking woman warrior's grave: 'It's something else'
By Joel Day for Express (drawing by Mirosław Kuźma)

Rock Solid History News Digest 09.10.21

9/10/2021

This week. learn about cows caught in a record storm 🌀🐄, an artist who imagines the past 🖉🖉, a lady in baseball ⚾, landscape stories 🌄, and stone balls 🎳!

About 120 cows rescued from collapsed barn in Mullica Hill farm after destructive tornado
By Kerri Corrado for CBS 3 Philly

NJ artist makes her debut at the Morgan Museum
By Abby Montanez for New Jersey Digest (photo above courtesy of @katrinaeugenia in Instagram)

How the only woman in Baseball Hall of Fame challenged convention—and MLB
By Pat McManamon for History.com

Narrating landscapes: how indigenous storytelling can unlock our environment’s past
By Sasha Starovoitov for State of the Planet

Archaeology: polished stone balls thought more than 4,000 years old are discovered in Orkney tomb
By Today UK News (photo below courtesy of Mark Lawlor)

Rock Solid History News Digest 09.03.21

9/2/2021

This week, learn about fountains ⛲, the Underground Railroad 🚸, a forgotten performer 🎭, a heroic dog 🐕, and old metal jewelry 🌟!

In summer, what's better — or wetter — than a fountain? Our favorites in NJ
By Jim Beckerman for NorthJersey.com

Rethinking the Underground Railroad | Opinion
By Miriam Ascarelli for The Star-Ledger

Headstone for long-forgotten Black cantor unveiled in NJ cemetery
By Renee Ghert-Zand for The Times of Israel

HOLY COW! HISTORY: Meet Sallie, The Civil War Vet
By J. Mark Powell for Inside Sources (photo above courtesy of Einar E Kvaran on Wikipedia Commons)

Hundreds of Bronze Age Artifacts Found in France
By Archaeology Magazine (photo below courtesy of University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès Laboratory)