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Were Presidents Harry S. Truman, Warren G. Harding, Calvin
Coolidge, and MasonicIcon Gen. Albert Pike members of the Ku Klux
Klan?
Recently, I saw a documentary on the History Channel about the
Free Masons. Having had a part inmaking the History Channel's
documentary: "Ku Klux Klan - a Secret History", and being a history
major incollege, I want to pause here to say that from what I have
seen on the History Channel in numerousdocumentaries and from what
I have discussed with other historians and researched for myself,
the HistoryChannel is biased and is distorting history. It is not a
completely reliable source of historical information. Inthis
documentary about the Free Masons, a pseudo scholar said that
Albert Pike was said to have written therituals of the original Ku
Klux Klan. He claimed to have searched through the Masonic Library
of theSupreme Council, where a copy of everything written by the
Masons was kept and no Klan rituals werefound. His conclusion was
that Pike did not write the rituals of the KKK and that Pike was
not a Klansman.His method? If he didn't find it, then it never was.
A flawed method. What this man apparently doesn't knowis that the
original KKK never wrote down its rituals! The rituals were all
memorized and passed on frommember to member by word of mouth. When
the last original Klansman died the rituals died with him andare
all lost to history now. The original KKK only wrote down its
Prescripts (book of rules and regulations)and two general orders.
All else was passed on verbally. So, this "researcher" on the
History Channel waslooking for something in writing that was never
put in writing and he was looking in the wrong place! If Pikewrote
the ritual for the KKK it would not be in the Masonic Library of
the Supreme Council. It would be inthe Klan's place of records.
But, when the Klan disbanded, Gen. Forrest ordered all Klan regalia
andparaphernalia to be destroyed. As a result very few objects from
the original KKK survived. For example,only two copies of the
Klan's Prescripts survived. So this "scholar" on the history
channel proved nothing andhis research was incomplete. He is guilty
of distortionism when he then claimed that he proved Pike wasnever
a Klansman. Here at the Indiana Historical Research Foundation, we
have quite a few books (mostlylong out of print) that mention
Albert Pike not only as a Klansman, but the KKK's Chief Judicial
Officer andGrand Dragon of Arkansas as well. What follows is from
the book: Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klanby Susan L. Davis,
copyright 1924 (which was a time when there were original Klansmen
still living, manyof whom she interview in person. She also
personally knew Grand Wizard Forrest and many other highranking
Klansmen when she was a girl during the Reconstruction Era because
of her father's prominentposition in the original Klan.
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The page below is taken from the last chapter of the same book.
It shows the extent of Masonicinvolvement with the KKK reached all
the way to the top.
At least two of the six men who founded the original KKK were
Free Masons. They were Maj. James R.Crowe, Grand Turk of the Klan
and Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Mason Council of
Tennessee andCapt. John B. Kennedy, Grand Magi of the Klan and
member of Masonic lodge F. and A. M. Anotheroriginal Klansman was
Nicholas Richardson, Grand Cyclops of the KKK and High Mason. In
support of thepages above, the page below is from the book: "The
Tragic Era" by Claude Bowers, copyrighted 1962. It liststhe Grand
Dragons (state leaders) for eight Klan Realms (a Realm is a Klan
term for a state). Albert Pike isplainly listed among them for the
Realm of Georgia.
The photo below is from the book: "Story of the Ku Klux Klan" by
Col. Winfield Jones of the WashingtonCorps of Correspondents. The
inscription says: "Albert Pike, Chief Judicial Officer, Ku Klux
Klan." Howmuch more proof do you want? I say to all Free Masons,
stop lying and admit the truth; Pike was Klansmanand liked it.
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Further, Col. Simmons, who revived the KKK in 1915 and Hiram
Evans, who was second ImperialWizard of the revived KKK, were also
Free Masons. Rev. Thomas C. Jones was a Klansman and publicspeaker
for the KKK. He was, also, a Methodist minister and a 32nd Degree
Free Mason. When the Klan wasat its height in 1924, with over eight
million members nationwide, half the Free Masons in the USA were
alsomembers of the KKK. Masonic Lodges across the country doubled
as Klaverns for the Klan. Now, let's take alook at the Masonic /
Klan connection from a Grand Master's point of view. This leaflet
(printed in itsentirety here) was widely distributed by both the
KKK and Free masons in the 1920's.
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This is not all there is to it. There is evidence that the Free
Masons were so deeply involved in theoriginal KKK that they took it
over and changed it from the protective society it was into an
instrument ofterror used by the Free Masons to get revenge for the
country's Morgan Anti Mason War of the 1820's and forthe Anti Mason
Party's efforts to wipe the Free Masons out. (The Anti Mason Party
was defeated in thepresidential election by Andrew Jackson, a Free
Mason.) There is evidence that it was the Free Masons whowere
members of the KKK in the 1920's to '30's that were the ones who
were committing the crimesattributed to the KKK at the time while
the non Masonic members of the KKK were mostly involved
incharitable works and social activities. I will add more when I
get the time.
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This watch fob (front and backshown) clearly shows a KKK -
Masonic link. AKIA means "A Klansman I Am". Indicating ajoint Klan-
Masonic membership.
The photo above, circa 1970's, shows a Klansman in front of the
sign for a Masonic Temple. Inthe background Klansmen can be
seengoing in and outof the temple.
Recently, I came across a web page which plainly said that
Truman and Harding were never members ofthe KKK. This web page then
went on to say it wanted to become a page renown for the truth. In
that case thepeople who put that page up need to research the
subject more deeply. In recent years I have seen a lot ofdenial
concerning the Klan membership of prominent men who held such high
offices. So, in the name oftruth, I will spend some time here
getting things straight. Below is a 1944 presidential campaign
poster. Onerecently sold at auction for over $1,000.00. Items like
these are rare but they stand as documentation to thetruth. The
Dewey campaign could have gotten into a lot of trouble if Truman
had not been a member.
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The fact is, Truman was only a minor member and for only two
years, (1920 - 1922). He joined at a timewhen millions were joining
and the KKK was a popular respected organization. He later had a
falling outwith the KKK over his wanting to appoint Catholics to
political positions. The KKK said it would refuse toback Truman in
an up coming political campaign if he did. Truman ignored the
Klan's warning and appointedthe Catholics anyway. Without Klan
backing he lost the election. Truman was anti-Klan from then on.
Hisfamily has tried to bury his Klan membership ever since. The
fact is, the Klan's message, at the time, didappeal enough to young
Harry to convince him to join the KKK. While he, no doubt, tried to
bury that afterhis falling out with the Klan, the Dewey people
either remembered enough or researched enough to dig up hisKlan
past in an attempt to defeat him and FDR in the 1944 presidential
election. Four years later Trumanwould get even with Dewey for this
political ploy when he pulled a political upset defeating Dewey at
the lastminute.
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The above photo is actually much larger. The sides were removed
due to space limitations here. It is fromthe book: "The Ku Klux
Klan, A Pictorial History, 1865 - 1946. by W. Lee Ackridge. In the
book, this photois clearly identified as Warren G. Harding's
funeral, 1923.
Photo below: President Calvin Coolidge (in suit) marches next to
Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans (in center) inthe great Washington,
D.C. Klan parade, 1925. 40,000 Klansmen and Klansladies marched in
that parade and25,000 marched in the second Washington, D.C. parade
in 1926. The Klan had peaked in 1924, with nearlynine million
members. In the 1980's, I spoke to everyone I could find who would
have been alive in the1920's and old enough to remember what went
on. They all told me it was common knowledge that PresidentCoolidge
was a Klan member. In the 1924 election, Coolidge received massive
Klan support sweeping himinto the White House. In that same
election scores of Klansmen were elected into all levels of public
officefrom Capitol Hill to state and local positions.
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Black writer Greg Griffin speaks:
The date, 1930, is a typing error on Griffin's page. It should
be 1920.
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The cartoon above dates from the 1920's and it shows William
Jennings Bryan walking arm in arm with theKKK. Though he ran in
five elections, he was never elected president. But, he was a
famous political figurethroughout that time period.
To be continued as soon as I get the time. I intend to next add
documentation proving that Roosevelt acceptedaid and support form
the KKK during his campaign for president.
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