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Rock Solid History News Digest 10.30.20

10/30/2020

Iggy’s creator gives ideas for local history scouting & solving mysteries
By ADHD Essentials Podcast featuring Veronica Ditko (photo above by V. Ditko)

12-year-old NJ student on mission to make school's curriculum more diverse
By Ashley Johnson for ABC 6 Action News

Jewish museum to honor magicians Houdini, David Copperfield
By The Associated Press

The Story of an Experimental Craft Colony in New Jersey
By Ilene Dube of Hyperallergic

Country diary: these rocks are all trying to tell us something
By Amy-Jane Beer for The Guardian (Photo below by Veronica Ditko of Trellech, UK)

Discover cool history podcast

10/27/2020

I was recently featured on my friend Brendan's family-centric podcast. Have a listen to see how you can find history by you!

https://adhdessentials.podbean.com/e/weird-history-curiosity-and-rocks-with-veronica-ditko-mother-and-author-of-a-rock-solid-history-of-hawthorne-new-jersey/

Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 10.23.20

10/23/2020

M&M’s the world’s most famous candy a part of Jersey History
By Big Joe Henry, New Jersey 101.5

Author Collaborates With Granddaughters to Create Vibrant Picture Book of Paterson History
By Globe Newswire

Couple finds century-old bottles of bootleg whiskey in secret walls of NY home
By Francesca Gariano of TODAY

Jewish family's painting looted by Nazis in 1933 is returned
Michael Hill, Associated Press, in Albany, NY

Unique 1,000-Year-Old Irish-Viking House Is Preserved Under A Lidl
By Mike Williams, Unilad (photo below by RTE News)

Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 10.16.20

10/16/2020

History’s Lessons: Jewish Couple Wed in Graveyard to Stop 1918 Flu Pandemic
By Sophie Panzer for Jewish Exponent (painting by Mayer Kirschenblatt)

Jackson man's pandemic hobby: Finding surprises at every president, VP grave
By Jerry Carino of The Asbury Park Press

Once Used as Hunting, Fishing Grounds, Native American Body Calls for Preservation of Liberty State Park
By Al Sullivan for Tap into Jersey City

1,200-year-old pagan temple to Thor and Odin unearthed in Norway
By Tom Metcalfe for Live Science

The Oldest Cities In The World
By Jana Gregorio for Travel (photo below of Athens by A. Savin)

Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 10.09.20

10/9/2020

Warren County fire department makes history as all-female interior crew responds to call
By Emma Wright of 69 News

For sleuths, documenting tombstones proves fulfilling
By Karen Ann Cullotta for the Pioneer Press (photo below by Veronica Ditko)

Scientists recreate the face of ancient dog
By Mihai Andrei for ZME Science (photo above by Historic Environment Scotland)

How past U.S. presidents have battled illness in office
By Amy McKeever and David Beard of National Geographic

Kevin Young, poet, named new director of African American Museum
By Bo Emerson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Rock Solid History Weekly Digest 10.02.20

10/8/2020

Negro Leagues Baseball Exhibit Opens At Passaic Arts Center
By Montana Samuels for the Patch

N.J. has 12 National Park sites. How many have you visited?
By Kelly Heyboer of NJ Advance Media for nj.com (photo credit below: Morris County)

Rebirth, Renewal At Last Awaits Iconic North Jersey Submarine
By Jerry DeMarco for the Hackensack Daily Voice

Chicken Bone Beach A Reminder of New Jersey’s Not So Racially Equal History
By Shore News Network

Museum of The American Revolution debuts new exhibit: “When Women Lost the Vote”
By Maritza Zuluaga of Al Dia News

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