Rock Solid History News Digest 08.13.21

This week, learn about Jersey style club dancing 🕺🕺🕺, a famous ballplayer ⚾, a nearby cemetery cleanup 🧹, an art 🎨 contest winner, and old jewelry 💍!

Doin’ it Jersey-style: Internet dance & music craze has roots in the Garden State
By News 12 Staff (photo courtesy of Alex Da Goat on YouTube)

Before Jackie Robinson made history, he played in New Jersey minor leagues 75 years ago
By Joe Strupp for Asbury Park Press

Volunteers clean up Civil War-era cemetery in Freehold
By News 12 Staff (photo above courtesy of Bethel AME Church)

Detroit 9-year-old wins White House art contest
By Randy Wimbley and David Komer for Fox 2 Detroit

Viking ‘amulet factory’ discovery forces rethink of enigmatic artifacts
By Andrew Curry for National Geographic (photo below courtesy of Museum of Southwest Jutland)