Thursday, August 2, 2018

Another Klan Parade

One week after the big rally in Valpo, the Ku Klux Klan staged a smaller rally in Hobart, with a parade, burning crosses, and initiation ceremonies.

2018-8-2. Parade, News, 5-31-1923
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Hobart News, May 31, 1923.


The "field south of Michigan" Avenue, I'm guessing, would be where the sewage treatment plant is now. There was some open space on the west side of the southern end of Michigan Avenue, or at the bottom of Michigan between Cleveland and the Pennsy tracks, but I'm not sure either of those was large enough to be called a field.

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