Norman Gasbarro | May 18, 2018
From West Schuylkill Herald, 28 December 1923, came the first open evidence of the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: KU KLUX KLAN BURNS CROSS AT TOWER CITY WEDNESDAY Wednesday night about 8:30, following a loud explosion, a burning cross was plainly visible on the mountain side north […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 9, 2018
The story of the the nomination and confirmation of Sen. Hugo L. Black, Alabama, to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1937, was widely reported in the national and local press. Black’s association with and membership in the Ku Klux Klan was of great concern to most Americans. Three interesting articles appeared in the West […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2018
It is not known whether the Ku Klux Klan would have survived in the Lykens Valley area without the support of major institutions, including religion, government and the schools. This example of a Klan event was reported by a Tower City newspaper, which indicated that the schools of the area were officially closed following the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 25, 2018
Lenore Felicia [Schwalm] Otto Stutzman died in 1925. Her obituary, which appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, told of many achievements in her life, but also did not fail to mention her Ku Klux Klan membership or the participation of that organization in her funeral rites. This post is […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 23, 2018
Imagine huge crowds gathering to participate in Ku Klux Klan demonstrations in rural areas of the Lykens Valley and beyond- and to observe out of curiosity what was going on and support neighbors and friends who were Klan members. In the mid 1920s, crowd control and participant safety was not high on the list of […]
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