Matching family tree profiles for Lillian Klose
view all
Immediate Family
-
father
-
mother -
brother
About Lillian Klose
United States Supreme Court Case: Walter Gobitas, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, instructed his children, Lillian and Walter, not to pledge allegiance to the United States flag when at school. This eventually led to the famous 1940 United States Supreme Court case Minersville School District v. Gobitis. (See "Minersville School District v. Gobitis" Wikipedia entry for more information - link accessed August 15, 2024).
Obituary by Emily Langer, Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), September 8, 2014: Lillian Gobitas Klose, who as a school-age member of the Jehovah's Witnesses refused to salute the U.S. flag with her classmates, a controversial act of conscience that set off a legal tug-of-war in the 1930s and '40s that ultimately bolstered the First Amendment right to religious expression, died Aug. 22 in Fayetteville, Ga. She was 90. ...
(Link to full obituary accessed August 15, 2024).
view all
Lillian Klose's Timeline
| 1923 |
November 2, 1923
|
Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
|
|
| 2014 |
August 22, 2014
Age 90
|
Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States
|