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    Scopes Trial intrigues the worldYesterday’s history, today’s headlines. Visit Dayton, TN, in July to see where it all started. For more information check out Scopes100....
    Rhea Heritage officials named parade grand marshalsTom Davis and Rick Dye
    Science, religion and Scopes: Conflict and cooperationThe “Great Commoner,” William Jennings Bryan, an outspoken proponent of the historic Christian faith, and the “Great Agnostic,” Clarence...
    Nokian Tyres Summer Nights announces June lineupThe Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation has just announced the schedule for its sixth annual Nokian Tyres Summer Nights concert series...
    April 1925—THIS MONTH IN SCOPES HISTORYRCHS principal and biology teacher William Ferguson gets sick and misses two weeks of school in April. Ferguson’s substitute teacher is ...
    Pulitzer Prize winner compares Inherit the Wind to the 1... Think Inherit the Wind accurately portrays the 1925 Scopes Trial? Think again! Dr. Edward Larson, whose 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning Summ...
    Pulitzer Prize winner speaks three times over the weekendDr. Edward Larson, Pulitzer Prize-winner for his 1998 best-seller Summer of the Gods, was the guest speaker for the Scopes Trial Centenn...
    Scopes Trial program presented to 150 visitorsHow It Started, an educational program about the 1925 Scopes Trial, was presented this week to about 150 students and their teachers. Th...
    Gov. Austin Peay signed anti-evolution bill into lawTennessee Governor Austin Peay, who had heard Bryan attack evolution in Nashville on Jan. 24, 1924, signs into law the Butler Act (Chapt...
    RHPF Member of the MonthTom Davis has been a member of the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation since its chartering in 2016 and is currently vice president of...
    Rhea Heritage official speaks to Salem, IL, Historical C... Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation Vice President Tom Davis and his wife, Susan, were guests of the Salem, IL, Historical Commission ...
    Rhea County festivals featured on TV3Tom Davis, vice president of the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation, and Alex Fine, Rhea County Tourism director, were interviewed on...

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