History Matters
History Matters: The Backboard Story
This week in history: James Naismith invents basketball, and a Depression-era program helps build a museum in Hillsborough.
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History Matters: Liberty Still Has a Pulse
This week, Scott and Aaron remember a mock funeral for “liberty” that Wilmingtonians staged in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act.
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History Matters: The Most Bravest, Gutsiest Bunch
This week in history: North Carolina women publicly stand up to Great Britain in 1774, in a boycott called the “Edenton Tea Party.”
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History Matters: Fashion Maven of the Nineteenth Century
This week, Aaron and Scott remember Abraham Lincoln’s beard and the inventor of the yellow light at intersections.
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History Matters: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet
This week in history: “The Jazz Singer” is released in theaters, the first-ever “talkie” movie with synchronized sound.
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History Matters: Up With More People
This week, Scott and Aaron remember two nineteenth-century women, a teacher and a writer, whose work focused on lifting people up.
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History Matters: If You Enjoy Getting Mail
This week in history: the U.S. Post Office is established in 1789, and Congress approves the Bill of Rights.
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History Matters: Celebrating The Constitution (‘Cause Somebody’s Gotta)
This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution – and a UFO sighting by a well-known historical figure.
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History Matters: Americana
This week in history: Francis Scott Key writes the Star-Spangled Banner, and Francis Bellamy writes the Pledge of Allegiance.
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History Matters: Labor Day and the Fight for Time
This Labor Day week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the labor movement – which has always been largely driven by the fight for free time.
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