View source for Minserville School District flag salute

====Date: [[:Category:1939 | 1939]] ====

====Region: [[:Category:United States| United State]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political | Political]]====

====Medium: [[:Mandatory Flag Salute | Mandatory Flag Salute]]====
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'''Artist:''' Lillian and William Gobitis

'''Confronting Bodies:''' Minersville School District

'''Dates of Action:''' 1939

'''Location:''' Minversville, Pennsylvania

'''Description of Artwork:''' Mandatory Flag Salute

'''The Incident:''' Lillian and William Gobitis, Jehovah's Witnesses, were expelled from public school after refusing to salute the flag, stating that this gesture of respect went against their religion.

'''Results of Incident:''' The court decided, in an eight to one decision, that the school was within its bounds to expel the students, stating that it is the job of a school to "promote in the minds of children who attend the common schools an attachment to the institutions of their country."

'''Source:''' http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1939/1939_690


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