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Junior Ku Klux Klan Inaugurated at Lykens with Cross Burning, 1924

| March 23, 2018

In mid-October 1924, Lykens residents were alerted by three blasts of the colliery horn to the igniting of a cross on the culm banks north of the town.  This, along with the flaming “J” alongside the cross indicated that a junior Ku Klux Klan had been formed at Lykens. This post is a continuation of […]