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Moments Of Silence In Public Schools: A Breach In The "Wall", Edward D. Talkington

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On March 10, 1984, the West Virginia Legislature adopted a proposed state constitutional amendment, designated as Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 1 (SJR 1), which required the following:

Public schools shall provide a designated brief time at the beginning of each school day for any student desiring to exercise their right to personal and private contemplation, meditation or prayer. No student of a public school may be denied the right to personal and private contemplation, meditation or prayer nor shall any student be required or encouraged to engage in any given contemplation, meditation or prayer as a part of …

0421: Benjamin Ronk Papers, 1862-1907, Marshall University Special Collections

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Sergeant, 7th West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War. Typed transcript of diary and pension papers issued to mother at death of subject in army hospital, 1864.