Video: 'Gathie Barnett Edmonds (2003) on the Barnette case (1943)'

(Monday, June 14, 1943; Flag Day) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, ruled 6-3 today that children in public schools could not be forced to salute the flag of the United States.

Video: 'Marie Barnett Snodgrass (2003) on the Barnette case (1943)'