Scopes Monkey Trial teacher grave.

Grave of Scopes: Monkey Man

John T. Scopes was a Tennessee schoolteacher. In 1925 he defied state law and taught his students about about evolution. His trial made national news, and the strain of it killed the prosecuting attorney, former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. Scopes lost, paid a $100 fine, and eventually outlived the anti-evolution law. When he died in 1970, he was buried here.

Grave of Scopes: Monkey Man

Oak Grove Cemetery

Address:: 1613 Park Ave., Paducah, KY
Directions:: I-24 exit 4. Drive east on US-24 BUS/Park Ave. for 3.5 miles. Turn left (no stoplight) onto 16th St., then left agin at the stop sign. You'll see the marker ahead, on the right, at the entrance to Oak Grove Cemetery.

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