History Matters

Founding-era leader Roger Sherman takes center stage, for contributions both around the Revolution and the framing of the Bill of Rights. The post History Matters: Roger Sherman of Connecticut appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Harriet Tubman moves around to fight for freedom - while Claudette Colvin fights for freedom by staying in place. The post History Matters: Bigger Than Any One Person appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week: Star Wars hits theaters, Jesse Owens sets records, Rachel Carson saves the ecosystem, and Dorothea Lange documents the Depression. The post History Matters: 5-25-77 appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Scott and Aaron look back on Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and a third pilot who's more famous for her time in the water. The post History Matters: Whoop-De-Doo For Charles Lindbergh appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week marks the anniversary of the 1771 Battle of Alamance and the start of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The post History Matters: A Golden Corral of History appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: the Morehead Planetarium opens in Chapel Hill, and a bad student paper leads to a Constitutional amendment. The post History Matters: Where You Are in the Universe appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron remember poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who became the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize this week in 1950. The post History Matters: Live In The Along appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

For Earth Week, Scott and Aaron talk environmental protection - including the 1920 dedication of the Grand Canyon as a national park. The post History Matters: Something in the Water appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Scott and Aaron remember the vice-principal at Little Rock Central High School who protected Black students after integration in 1957. The post History Matters: I Heart Huckaby appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week: the first sale of matches, the start of the Civil War, and a discussion about those all-important small events in history. The post History Matters: Literally Playing With Fire appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: an inventor cashes in on his greatest invention - just in time for the patent to be rescinded. The post History Matters: Hyman Lipman’s Last Laugh appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Scott and Aaron remember St. Patrick and Mr. Rogers - as well as a dog who became celebrated as a World War I hero. The post History Matters: Saint Patrick, Mister Rogers, and Sergeant Stubby appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone, Juliette Low founds the Girl Scouts, and the 1918 flu epidemic begins. The post History Matters: Telephones To Help The Deaf? appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

It's Scott's birthday! He and Aaron look back on the etymological origin of the word "tennis" and the invention of the modern dishwasher. The post History Matters: Tenez! appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge sparks the Revolutionary War, and a North Carolina lawmaker inspires a new word. The post History Matters: If You’ve Ever Been Subject To Long, Rambling Speeches appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: legendary astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth - with the help of a chimp named Enos. The post History Matters: Godspeed, Enos appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week: Grant Wood and Abraham Lincoln are born, and a racist incident in South Carolina sparks major civil-rights reform. The post History Matters: One-Hit Wonders, Civil Rights, and Speaking Truth to Power appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: two trailblazing 19th-century female doctors, the Fifteenth Amendment, and the long-neglected groundhog. The post History Matters: Signs of Spring appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, and the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-in begins. The post History Matters: Anyone Can Stand Up appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was this week - a reminder that social movements are rarely, if ever, popular in their own time. The post History Matters: Saying the Unpopular Thing appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born, and Americans fight for justice (and basic convenience) through the years. The post History Matters: Michael King Day? appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week: Libba Cotten is born, Fannie Farmer revolutionizes cooking, FDR celebrates "Four Freedoms," and TR protects the Grand Canyon. The post History Matters: Four Freedoms, Fannie Farmer, and Libba Cotten’s Devious Scheme appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week: the Bill of Rights is ratified, the Boston Tea Party occurs, the Wrights take flight, and famous refugees arrive in America. The post History Matters: Bell of Rights Day appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Brian Epstein becomes the Beatles' manager, and the Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution. The post History Matters: There Were Bells on a Hill appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Walt Disney is born, Rosa Parks takes a seat for justice, and a chimpanzee blazes a trail to space. The post History Matters: Always Fun To Do The Impossible appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history marks the debut of two famous mice: Mickey Mouse in 1928, and the computer mouse in the late 1960s. The post History Matters: What The Cat Dragged In appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron remember a pioneering woman aviator, the invention of the grocery cart, and the largest iceberg ever spotted. The post History Matters: Flying Off In Your Stupid Biplane appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: James Naismith invents basketball, and a Depression-era program helps build a museum in Hillsborough. The post History Matters: The Backboard Story appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron remember a mock funeral for "liberty" that Wilmingtonians staged in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act. The post History Matters: Liberty Still Has a Pulse appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: North Carolina women publicly stand up to Great Britain in 1774, in a boycott called the "Edenton Tea Party." The post History Matters: The Most Bravest, Gutsiest Bunch appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Aaron and Scott remember Abraham Lincoln's beard and the inventor of the yellow light at intersections. The post History Matters: Fashion Maven of the Nineteenth Century appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: "The Jazz Singer" is released in theaters, the first-ever "talkie" movie with synchronized sound. The post History Matters: You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron remember two nineteenth-century women, a teacher and a writer, whose work focused on lifting people up. The post History Matters: Up With More People appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: the U.S. Post Office is established in 1789, and Congress approves the Bill of Rights. The post History Matters: If You Enjoy Getting Mail appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution - and a UFO sighting by a well-known historical figure. The post History Matters: Celebrating The Constitution (‘Cause Somebody’s Gotta) appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Francis Scott Key writes the Star-Spangled Banner, and Francis Bellamy writes the Pledge of Allegiance. The post History Matters: Americana appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This Labor Day week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the labor movement - which has always been largely driven by the fight for free time. The post History Matters: Labor Day and the Fight for Time appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Martin Luther King gives his "I Have A Dream" speech, and the 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote. The post History Matters: Social Movements, Fast and Slow appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: the Roanoke colony is lost, three years to the day after the birth of Virginia Dare. The post History Matters: They Could Have Left A Note appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: the invention of the Popsicle, the creation of "Dick & Jane," and one woman's effort to save Jockey's Ridge State Park. The post History Matters: A Whole Series of Confectionery Treats on Sticks appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week in history: Disneyland opens to the public, French citizens storm the Bastille, and civil-rights advocate Ida B. Wells is born. The post History Matters: Be An Imagineer appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Scott and Aaron remember George Washington Carver, whose work indirectly contributed to later innovations that saved millions of lives. The post History Matters: Disruptive Events and Karma appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Scott and Aaron discuss Independence Day - or Independence Days, rather, since July 2, July 9, and August 2 could also stake a claim. The post History Matters: Independence, Democracy, and Medicare appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week we remember great women and impactful social movements - some of which remind us that "sometimes you got to throw a rock." The post History Matters: Enough Is Enough appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the invention of the ballpoint pen and a Supreme Court decision that cemented our Constitutional rights. The post History Matters: The Ability to Speak, and the Right to Remain Silent appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

This week, Scott and Aaron look back on D-Day, the Bill of Rights, the right to privacy, and the woman who brought kindergartens to America. The post History Matters: Okay, Violence Is Sometimes The Answer appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Scott and Aaron look back at the Mecklenburg Resolves, approved May 31, 1775 as part of the runup to the Declaration of Independence. The post History Matters: Woe Is Me, I Have To Work in a Photography Studio appeared first on Chapelboro.com.