11 min
History Matters: Kites and Constitutions History Matters
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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.
This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Ben Franklin’s kite experiment, several big Supreme Court rulings, and the invention of the ballpoint pen. Also, Scott looks ahead at Regulator Remembrance Day, next Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m. in Hillsborough to mark the anniversary of the execution of six “Regulators” who resisted British colonial rule in the years just prior to the American Revolution.
Listen:
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.
This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Ben Franklin’s kite experiment, several big Supreme Court rulings, and the invention of the ballpoint pen. Also, Scott looks ahead at Regulator Remembrance Day, next Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m. in Hillsborough to mark the anniversary of the execution of six “Regulators” who resisted British colonial rule in the years just prior to the American Revolution.
Listen:
11 min