This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the 238th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution – creating a country that was larger, from a 1787 perspective, than just about anything we can imagine today. Also: a daring slave escape during the Civil War, a famed Arctic explorer who had to delay publishing her research because the U.S. government needed it during wartime – and a UFO sighting by a relatively well-known historical figure.

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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” – and the magazine ad campaign that led Francis Bellamy to write the Pledge of Allegiance eight decades later. Also: civil rights trailblazer Ruby Bridges is born, and St. Augustine is founded in Florida – today, the oldest continuous settlement in the modern-day U.S.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This Labor Day week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the labor movement – which, surprisingly, has always been largely driven by the fight for free time, like weekends and paid leave. Also: Scott and Aaron remember an advocate for early childhood education, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the 1775 Third Provincial Congress in Hillsborough, an American painting legend – and two guys who used their free time to complete a towering (and very time-consuming!) achievement.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This week, Scott and Aaron remember pivotal moments in American social movements, from the ratification of the 19th Amendment (guaranteeing the right to vote for women) to Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 – and a lesser-known but major figure in the women’s rights movement in the early 20th century. They’re all examples of a key fact about many social movements: they may culminate with rapid gains, but it often takes decades of hard work and dedicated activism, on the local and state level as well as the national level, in order to enable those big achievements in the end. (Also this week: the birthday of famed author Mary Shelley, whose “Frankenstein” grew out of one extremely cold summer.)

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This week in history: the Roanoke colony is lost, three years to the day after the birth of Virginia Dare. Also: Orville Wright is born in 1871; the first African slaves are brought to Virginia in 1619; and the Third Provincial Congress meets in Hillsborough in 1775, part of the runup to the American Revolution.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This week in history: the accidental invention of the Popsicle, the creation of the “Dick & Jane” book series, the creation of Social Security, and one woman’s (successful!) effort to singlehandedly save Jockey’s Ridge State Park from development. Also, Aaron and Scott have a completely uneducated discussion about the best approach(es) to teaching reading skills to young kids.

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Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This week in history: Disneyland opens to the public, French citizens storm the Bastille, and civil-rights advocate Ida B. Wells is born. Also: American revolutionary leaders decide to add their signatures to the Declaration of Independence; the first man lands on the moon; and we all celebrate National Ice Cream Day. (Isn’t every day National Ice Cream Day?)

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This week, Scott and Aaron remember George Washington Carver, whose work had a ripple effect that contributed to later innovations that saved millions of lives. Also: the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified; the Declaration of Independence is first read in New York; and Scott and Aaron reflect on the recent storms that affected our community just in the last few days.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss Independence Day – or Independence Days, rather, since July 2, July 9, and August 2 could also stake a claim. Also: Thomas Jefferson acts like a college freshman; North Carolina’s vote enshrines the 26th Amendment; the Medicare program launches in 1966; an early Pennsylvanian becomes the first American woman to run a newspaper; and Scott and Aaron celebrate the legibility of the Constitution. (Considering how legalese-y most laws are, it really is pretty remarkable.)

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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Scott and Aaron remember several great women of American history – and a few impactful social movements, some of which (in Aaron’s words) serve as reminders that while we often say violence is never the answer, “sometimes you got to throw a rock.” This week: legendary sprinter Wilma Rudolph, a pioneering and influential African-American librarian, a woman who challenged stereotypes on the seat of a bicycle, the Stonewall rioters, the colonial Regulators, and a group of courageous Durhamites who staged a sit-in against segregation at the Royal Ice Cream Parlor in 1957.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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