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Martin Eden

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5. The old courthouse still stands in Dayton Tennessee

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat May 25, 2019, 08:17 PM

May 2019

You can visit the upstairs courtroom where the trial took place, and there's a good little museum in the basement with a lot of info about the trial.

And if you like waterfalls, nearby Laurel Falls in the Laurel-Snow pocket wilderness is a great dayhike.

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Just rewatched "Inherit The Wind"--- the movie based on the infamous "Monkey Trial". [View all] Atticus May 2019 OP

"He who has himself for an attorney, Devilsun May 2019 #1

In the end, Scopes lost the trial. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2019 #2

It was a publicity stunt. frogmarch May 2019 #3

It's too bad about William Jennings Bryan. El Supremo May 2019 #4

The old courthouse still stands in Dayton Tennessee Martin Eden May 2019 #5

This afternoon? homegirl May 2019 #6

We're on the same page. Some of the ignorance spouted could have been from nearly any Atticus May 2019 #8

I watched it today on TCM vlyons May 2019 #7

Intelligent life? Billy Ray Joe Bob. May 2019 #9