On this Earth Day, we thought we’d share several stories about beautiful national parks in New Jersey’s newspapers. The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, featured in the December 10, 1920 Perth Amboy Evening News, was located on the western…
Category: Blasts from the Past!
How Well Can you Hang by a Trapeze?
Saturday, April 18th, is World Circus Day! It is the day to commemorate the history of the circus and the figures who contributed to this popular entertainment. Currently, laws prohibit the use of animals in circuses. This causes many circuses…
Old News of the Day–April 12-18
At the NJ Digital Newspaper Project Office, we have found ourselves looking at how the newspapers portrayed the events of this week in 1912. The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, but the newspapers for that day…