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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 discuss major events in the aftermath of the Civil War and the runup to the American Revolution – and how events might have been completely different if communication technology had not been at the exact level it was.

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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 discuss the Halifax Resolves, which made North Carolina the first colony to call for independence in 1776. Also this week in history: the Civil War begins at Fort Sumter and ends (sort of) with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. And we celebrate a major figure in 20th-century U.S. history, who became America’s first Black female judge.

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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.



Now in their brand new studio, Scott and Aaron discuss solar eclipses, buses, surfboards, and the midnight ride of Paul Revere – who actually had lots of folks along with him, but their last names didn’t rhyme with as many words. Sorry William Dawes, no fame for you.



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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 discuss the inventor of the fire extinguisher (or sprinkler?), the opening of the Eiffel Tower, and the writing of the music that became the Star-Spangled Banner. Also: multiple states get a court order to desegregate their schools more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education, a reminder that the Constitution only has the power that we choose to give it.

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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 three great historical figures: Mary Shelley, who published “Frankenstein” this week in 1818; Juliette Low, who founded the Girl Scouts this week in 1912; and Bayard Rustin, hero of the civil rights movement who was born this week also in 1912.

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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 in history: the Boston Massacre, the first telephone patent, America’s first female Cabinet secretary, and the birth of a horticulturist who made major contributions – some beloved, others not so much.

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