Jerry Tompkins Editor of “D-Days at Dayton” Video Presentation at the famous Rhea Courthouse where John Thomas Scopes was convicted of violating the Butler Act in July 1925
Each year, on the anniversary of the famous 1925 Scopes trial, the people of Dayton celebrate with the Scopes Festival. One regular attendee of the festival is Randy Moore, Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota. Randy began making frequent yearly visits to Dayton 25 years ago, researching the people and events of that famous trial in the summer of 1925. As preparations were being made for the Scopes Festival in 2016, Randy organized a reunion of people who had connections to John Thomas Scopes. Those he invited were Jerry Tompkins editor of “D-Days at Dayton”, James Presley who in 1967 along with Scopes authored the book “Center of the Storm Memoirs of John T. Scopes”, and Susan Epperson (Epperson vs Arkansas, 1968) During their visit they were given a tour of the downtown area seeing the sites related to the events of that week in 1925 that captured the world’s attention. During their visit to the festival, they each spoke individually, sharing stories of their relationship to John Scopes. This was truly an honor to have these guests in town for the Scopes Festival and to be able to learn from them firsthand knowledge of the role they played concerning this historical event.
Jerry Tompkins Passed away on December 19, 2022 in Texas.
Below, you can see the video presentation from July 2016 given by Jerry at the Rhea County Courthouse.
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