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SUMMARY:The Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial of 1925: Faith\, Reason\, and Public 
 Education
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DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a pro
 gram\ntitled The Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial of 1925: Faith\, Reason\, and\n
 Public Education presented by Lew Miller on Saturday\, April 11\, 1:00\np.
 m. at the Milford Public Library in Milford\, Delaware. The Scopes\n‘Mon
 key’ Trial was a culture war more than 100 years ago. It\nbrought togeth
 er two well-known personalities of the time\, Clarence\nDarrow\, the lawye
 r for the damned\, and William Jennings Bryan\, the\nformer three-time can
 didate for president. It was also the first trial\never to be broadcast on
  national radio\, and it was a public relations\nstunt by the town of Dayt
 on\, Tennessee to bolster their local economy.\nThe trial was an outgrowth
  of an effort by the state of Tennessee to\nban evolution from the teachin
 g of biology in public schools in\nTennessee\, led by Bryan. The defense\,
  led by Darrow in the criminal\ntrial\, hoped to educate the nationwide pu
 blic about evolutionary\nscience and eventually to reach the Supreme Court
  of the United States\nwhere they were attempting to undermine\, once and 
 for all\, the efforts\nto ban evolution from biology teaching.\n\ncaption:
  Clarence Darrow (left) and William Jennings Bryan\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Milford Museum American History Series 
 continues with a program titled The Scopes &lsquo\;Monkey&rsquo\; Trial of
  1925: Faith\, Reason\, and Public Education presented by Lew Miller on Sa
 turday\, April 11\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford Public Library in Milford\, D
 elaware. The Scopes &lsquo\;Monkey&rsquo\; Trial was a culture war more th
 an 100 years ago. It brought together two well-known personalities of the 
 time\, Clarence Darrow\, the lawyer for the damned\, and William Jennings 
 Bryan\, the former three-time candidate for president. It was also the fir
 st trial ever to be broadcast on national radio\, and it was a public rela
 tions stunt by the town of Dayton\, Tennessee to bolster their local econo
 my. The trial was an outgrowth of an effort by the state of Tennessee to b
 an evolution from the teaching of biology in public schools in Tennessee\,
  led by Bryan. The defense\, led by Darrow in the criminal trial\, hoped t
 o educate the nationwide public about evolutionary science and eventually 
 to reach the Supreme Court of the United States where they were attempting
  to undermine\, once and for all\, the efforts to ban evolution from biolo
 gy teaching.<br />\n<br />\ncaption: Clarence Darrow (left) and William Je
 nnings Bryan</p>
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