July 2025 will mark the centenary of the famous Tennessee “Scopes monkey trial.” This is the fourth and last article in a series leading up to the centennial events in Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the trial. Read the first in the series here, the second here, and the third here. Just what was the Scopes […]
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Author’s Note: July 2025 will mark the centenary of the famous Tennessee “Scopes Monkey Trial.” This is the third article in a series leading up to the centennial events in Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the trial. Read the first in the series here and the second here. In the 1925 Dayton Monkey Trial, it […]
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Author’s Note: July 2025 will mark the centenary of the famous Tennessee “Scopes Monkey Trial.” This is the second article in a series leading up to the centennial events in Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the trial. Read the first in the series here. A century ago, the world’s greatest three-ring circus was about to […]
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Note: July 2025 will mark the centenary of the famous Tennessee “Scopes Monkey Trial.” This article is part of a series leading up to the centennial events in Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the trial. In the summer of 1925, the town luminaries of Dayton, Tennessee, summoned John T. Scopes from his tennis game to […]
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