This week, Scott and Aaron remember the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” – and the magazine ad campaign that led Francis Bellamy to write the Pledge of Allegiance eight decades later. Also: civil rights trailblazer Ruby Bridges is born, and St. Augustine is founded in Florida – today, the oldest continuous settlement in the modern-day U.S.
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.
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