The Unbearable Heat Scopes was formally charged on May 5 with violating the Butler Act but the start of the trial was rushed to capitalize on the national publicity the case was drawing. The trial ...

Tennessee history contains two landmark events in the year 1925 that sets it aside from the rest of the 49 states. The Scopes Trial in Dayton on the teaching of the theory of evolution and 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 ...