[Rebelbase]

Yeah, the Klan had to go ruin stars and bars:

Oh wait,...never mind....

[Charlespg]

I think it was said that at one time Indiana had the highest klan membership in the US

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The Klan was formed as a result of the harsh excesses of reconstruction. I don't condone the path it took in later years, but at it's formation it represented the only force protecting Southern white people.

The United States has never treated a defeated foreign enemy as harshly as the South was treated.

I am old enough to have heard first hand the reports of people who lived through those days. The North was bent on vengeance, plain and simple.