May 30th marks the 101-year anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. While the structure is relatively young in the scheme of things, it is remarkable just how much of an impression it has left on…
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The History of Memorial Day
With May 29th marking Memorial Day this year, it only made sense to take a look at the history of the celebration through New Jersey’s newspapers. The holiday, often known as Decoration Day prior to the First World War, emerged…
The Trial of the Century: The Sentencing of Leopold and Loeb
99 years ago, on May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb committed what they believed would be the “perfect crime.” The two teenagers, in a desire to commit a high-profile, unsolvable crime and inspired by Nietzsche’s concept of the…