Dr. Ellery Schempp is the man who, as a boy, played a major role in getting forced prayer out of public schools. As I’ve mentioned before, he’s a freethought hero, if ever there was one.
He’s going on a speaking tour in the Virginia/Washington D.C. area in a couple weeks. All the events are free and open to the public. If you get a chance to hear him, go! You won’t regret it.
A nicely formatted schedule of events is below (click to enlarge) and the list of stops is right below that.

SATURDAY, March 28
Central Virginia Community College (CVCC)
Lynchburg Area Secular Humanists
SUNDAY, March 29
First Unitarian Church of Lynchburg
MONDAY, March 30
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) (Capacity = 240)
TUESDAY, March 31
Richmond Reason and Naturalism Association (Capacity = 25, RSVP required)
WEDNESDAY, April 1
American University (AU) (Capacity = 300)
THURSDAY, April 2
George Mason University (GMU) (Capacity = 60)
SUNDAY, April 5
Beltway Atheists (RSVP required)
MONDAY, April 6
The George Washington University (GW) (Capacity = 450)
(Thanks to Shelley for the info!)