An advertisement from the Lykens Standard, September 10, 1926 for a special excursion train leaving the Lykens Valley for Washington, D. C., and the Ku Klux Klan conclave to be held there on Monday, September 13, 1926.
Washington Excursion
Monday, September 13, 1926 —- $6.00
SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES LYKENS 12:05 A. M.
Special Will Stop At: Loyalton, Elizabethville, Millersburg, Halifax, Harrisburg
Information on Schedule of These Stations Can Be received From Station Agent
You will never get a cheaper rate to visit the National Capitol [sic]
See The K. K. K. Convocation This Day In Our National Shrine City
See prior post for more informatio:
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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