 In this week's digest, learn about an old egg vending machine 🥚, sculptures at night 🌃, a slavery history project 📚, new cemetery markers for heroes ⚔, and an ancient chariot 🏇!
The "Rock Solid History News Digest" is designed to enthrall young and older minds alike with local (NJ/NY) and worldly history. Click on the button above to sign up!
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 Have you ever had head lice? Well people had it way back when too!
Read about this old lice removing comb, as well as basketball history 🏀, a beautiful hotel 🏨, a young poet ✍, and learning about buildings through the Metaverse 💻 in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest!" for families (photo by Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority). If you haven't signed up yet, do so by Sunday to get a special Thanksgiving issue. Sign up at the button above. The newsletter includes interesting stories to enthrall young minds about history in the Garden state and beyond, as well as fun family-friendly activities happening locally. Plus some special holiday editions!  Lots of fascinating stories in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest" for families. Learn about sporty quilts ⚾⛋, the oldest town in NJ 🌆, Thomas Edison's other invention 🏠, a renewed Black cemetery ✨, and Thor’s hammer 🔨!!!
Sign up at the button above to get the full newsletter, which includes a calendar of family-friendly events in NJ/NY as well as day trip destinations. Be sure to sign up soon to get some bonus HOLIDAY issues too!! (Photo of Thor's hammer courtesy of Halland Museum of Cultural History)  Learn about a beautiful Harriet Tubman mural 💜, a curious artifact ❓, a cool digital map 📜 in NJ, as well as a video game exhibit 🎮 at a NY museum in this week's "Rock Solid History News Digest." Then travel to Iran to discover the new understanding of an old language 📑!
Each week, the most fascinating stories for young minds are selected to build a life-long interest in history/ archaeology. Additionally, a slew of events in NJ & NY are shared for everyday or weekend fun. Sign up below to receive the weekly digest, along with special holiday editions. This newsletter was started during the COVID-19 lockdown to recognize the many historical events at our fingertips, all the time (both virtual and in-person). (Photo above courtesy of MoMA.) |
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