New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights, North Carolina ratifies the Constitution, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence has a narrow escape.

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Scott and Aaron discuss the 100-year history of Veterans Day – plus a Civil War-era Medal of Honor that was bestowed, revoked, and bestowed again.

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Scott and Aaron discuss major inventions, the 1898 Wilmington coup, and the local connection to James Naismith, the creator of basketball.

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Scott and Aaron share their favorite local Halloween stories. (Turns out Hillsborough has a pretty haunted history. Who knew?!)

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Thomas Edison invents the light bulb, women’s rights activists hold their first national convention, and James Madison claims West Florida for the USA.

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Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown has nothing on the first cat in space or a pigeon who saved a thousand lives in World War II.

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Scott and Aaron cover famous birthdays, the career of Herbert Hoover, and the history of standardized time zones. (It was all about the railroads.)

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On a week when whistleblowers are rather prominent in the news, Scott and Aaron take a look back at the history of whistleblowing. (And the Constitution too. For good measure.)

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September 17 is Constitution Day! Scott and Aaron share their favorite fun stories (they have a lot) about the Constitution’s history.

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The American Revolution comes to Hillsborough, Charles Kuralt is born, and Colonel Sanders actually commits wanton shenanigans at a KFC.

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