Historical birthdays this week include a renowned archaeologist, P.T. Barnum, and a breakfast pioneer. Also, the 14th Amendment is ratified.

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Scott, Aaron, and Victor discuss NC’s connection to America’s independence – and the fascinating story of local music legend Elizabeth Cotten.

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Scott, Aaron, and Victor celebrate a marketing pioneer, the women who wrote “Happy Birthday,” and a woman who biked around the world.

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Saturday, June 19, is Juneteenth – and it’s also the 250th anniversary of an event in Hillsborough in 1771 that helped spark the American Revolution.

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Celebrating an educational pioneer, a famed explorer with a Hillsborough connection, and two heroes whose diaries stood up against Nazi Germany.

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Scott manages to make it on for an abbreviated edition of History Matters, despite having to deal with a broken-down car. Thursdays, am I right?

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On World Bee Day (yes, a real thing!), Scott, Aaron, and Victor celebrate political pioneers, presidential inventors, and civil rights champions in history.

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This week in history: the Battle of Alamance County heralds the coming American Revolution; an 8-year-old boy receives the first smallpox vaccine.

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This week in history: the 27th Amendment is ratified, a gay marriage ban is struck down, and “Esteemed Brain Tonic” is invented. (You know it as Coca-Cola.)

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Today is Earth Day! Scott, Aaron and Victor discuss great environmental moments in history, like the dedication of Grand Canyon National Park.

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