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Progressive dog

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2. Sometime in the 1920's there were clan rallies in upstate NY.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 10:59 AM

Jan 2021

My grandmother told me she was at a public Klan rally and that she recognized one of the hooded kansmen who owned several local stores. She never explained why she was there, but she was telling me why I shouldn't shop at his stores.

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What the history of the Ku Klux Klan can teach us about the Capitol riot [View all] DonViejo Jan 2021 OP

Lesson #1 Miguelito Loveless Jan 2021 #1

Sometime in the 1920's there were clan rallies in upstate NY. Progressive dog Jan 2021 #2

Chump's dad Fred was arrested at a Klan rally in 1928, so I have no bullwinkle428 Jan 2021 #3

My part of upstate was really rural. Progressive dog Jan 2021 #5

Sadly, there is much hidden about the KKK CountAllVotes Jan 2021 #4