By any objective measure, the Scopes trial should arouse no greater attention in 2025 than Dayton’s 1925 Strawberry Festival. It set no legal precedent, led to no repeal of the Butler Act, and ...

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One hundred years ago today — July 21, 1925 — the Scopes trial wrapped up in Dayton, Tennessee. Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching ...

If one looks at a standard American history textbook published in the last few decades, chances are its references to Tennessee will include the three presidents from here, the Civil War battles, TVA, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

Scopes Trial Play & Festivities in July. Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation President Rick Dye announced that the play “Destiny in Dayton,” which tells the story of the 1925 Scopes Trial, will have ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state ...

How monumental was the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 in Dayton, Tenn.? “It was the most famous event that the world was aware of at the time,” said Richard Baird, whose New Fortune Theatre Company is ...

It made for great oratory between eminent rivals, and it put the debate over teaching evolution on front pages across the country. But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle ...

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