25,000 KLANMEN PARADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AS 100,000 WITNESSES WATCH
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 8, 1925, the Invisible Empire became visible to 100,000 witnesses as an estimated 25,000 mystic Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, "in all their colorful regalia," marched down Pennsylvania Avenue "in...their greatest national demonstration and public show of strength."
To top it off, the marchers were unmasked.
After four hours of marching from the foot of the United States Capitol Building to the Washington Monument, the Klansmen joined together to pledge allegiance to the principles of...
"one country, one language, one school and one flag."
On a positive note, the Star reports the parade as "one of the most orderly...of its size ever held" in the Nation's Capital.
JFK+50 NOTE
The KKK parade in Washington, D.C. was held on Saturday, August 8, 1925 but reported in The Sunday Star August 9, 1925.
SOURCE
"Klan Lifts Mystery Veil In Spectacular Parade By Robed Army of 25,000," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., August 9, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
