https://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=West_virginia_board_of_education&feed=atom&action=historyWest virginia board of education - Revision history2024-03-29T07:12:09ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=West_virginia_board_of_education&diff=7410&oldid=prevNatalie: Mandatory flag salute in West Virginia2011-12-26T06:32:47Z<p>Mandatory flag salute in West Virginia</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>====Date: [[:Category:1942 | 1942]] ====<br />
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====Subject: [[:Category:Mandatory Flag Salute | Mandatory Flag Salute]]====<br />
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====Medium: [[:Public School | Public School]]====<br />
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'''Artist:''' students and teachers<br />
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' West Virginia Board of Education<br />
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'''Dates of Action:''' 1942<br />
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'''Location:''' West Virginia, United States<br />
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Mandatory Flag Salute<br />
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'''The Incident:''' The West Virginia School board made the flag salute mandatory during school. Failure to do so would be punished by expulsion.<br />
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'''Results of Incident:''' The court found in a six to three decision that a mandatory flag salute was unconstitutional, as a force of symbolic speech is a force of ideas and opinions. This ruling is important, as it overturned the decision in Minversville School District vs. Gobitis.<br />
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'''Source:''' http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1942/1942_591<br />
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[[Category:Mandatory Flag Salute]]</div>Natalie