A news brief from the Pottsville Republican, September 11, 1926, noting that the Reading Railroad was offering a special excursion train leaving from Pottsville and points in western Schuylkill County, and traveling to Washington, D. C., for the Ku Klux Klan conclave to be held on Monday, September 13, 1926.
Special Excursion to Washington, D. C.
K. K. K. Special, via the Reading Lines, leaves Pottsville Sunday night, September 12th, at 11:00 p.m.; from Donaldson, 10:00 p.m.; Tremont, 10:07; Pine Grove, 10:242; Auburn, 11:18; and intermediate stations. Fare $7.65 from Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven, Auburn, Hamburg and Reading. Passengers from Donaldson, etc., pay local fare to Auburn. returning, leave Washington 10:50 p.m. Monday night. See great Ku Klux Klan Parade.
At the time of the writing of this post, it was not known how many persons from the Lykens Valley area took part in this event via the Reading excursion train.
This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area. It was a widely known fact that the Ku Klux Klan had a significant presence in the Lykens Valley and adjacent valleys during the early years of the 20th Century. This iteration of the Klan was strongly white supremacist and was opposed to equal rights for African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants.
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News article from Newspapers.com.
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