Neon lighting is patented, the “Tryon Palace” opens, and two art-collecting sisters manage to save a massive number of early 20th-century masterpieces.<br />

Neon lighting is patented, the “Tryon Palace” opens, and two art-collecting sisters manage to save a massive number of early 20th-century masterpieces.

Neon lighting is patented, the “Tryon Palace” opens, and two art-collecting sisters manage to save a massive number of early 20th-century masterpieces.<br>

Neon Palaces! (Or, Neon and Palaces.)

Local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck to 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.

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