Cartoons and photos (September 2024)

FFRF Events Manager Sadie Pattinson shows off the Clarence Darrow statue in Dayton, Tenn., while visiting there to begin preparations for next year’s 100-year celebration of the Scopes “monkey trial.” The 7-foot-tall statue by sculptor Zenos Frudakis was installed by FFRF in 2017 on the Rhea County Courthouse grounds, opposite a statue of William Jennings Bryan, the prosecuting attorney in the famous trial in 1925.

A new statue outside the Wisconsin State Capitol of Vel R. Phillips is the first statue of a Black woman at any state capitol building in the United States. Phillips was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, the first woman and first Black person to be elected to Milwaukee’s Common Council, the first Black American elected to the national committee of either political party, the first woman judge in Milwaukee County and first Black judge in Wisconsin, and the first Black American and first woman elected to statewide office. FFRF was pleased to make a contribution toward this Boys and Girls Club-paid statue. (Photo by Chris Line)

Board members of the Central Ohio chapter of FFRF (COFFRF) — from left, Bill Fullarton (as George Washington), Glen Waring (as Alexander Hamilton) and David Jon Krohn (as Ben Franklin) — performed during the three days of ComFest from June 28-30 in Columbus, Ohio. Fullarton writes: “Our ‘Founding Fathers’ each studied their character’s biography and interacted with audience members. We were very well received by the Comfest crowd and many wanted to take photos with us, and thoughtful, extended discussions ensued.”

FFRF’s legal staff (and a couple future FFRF members?) took a voyage on the Pontoon Porch on Lake Monona in Madison, Wis., in mid-July as an appreciation event for the summer legal interns. FFRF thanks Professor Paul Newman for the wonderful donation to fund the outing every year. (Photo by Chris Line)

The FFRF Action Fund, FFRF’s advocacy arm, staffed a booth at the National Conference of State Legislatures, which was held Aug. 5–7 week at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville.  FFRF Action Fund’s Chris Line, left, and Ryan Dudley worked the tables at the event, which is attended by state legislators, legislative staff, government officials, business representatives, educators and others interested in public policy. The conference is the nation’s largest gathering of legislators and legislative staff.

Cartoons and photos (September 2024)

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