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Monkey Trial Reenactment Opens in Dayton Tennessee
The Dayton courthouse hosts the premiere of The Darwin Adventure as Francis Darwin attends. crowds recall 1925 Scopes Trial when William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow faced off over teaching evolution. The film revisits the clash sparked by Charles Darwin's theory and Tennessee law.
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Dayton, Tenn
Fox Film
Francis ‘Darwin
Carles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Tennessee
John Thomas Scopes
Scopes
Darrow