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…
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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…
The History of Mother’s Day
With Sunday marking Mother’s Day, it seemed appropriate to use New Jersey’s newspapers to take a look at the history of this special day. Although similar holidays and events have occurred at various times and places throughout history, the modern…