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Were Presidents Harry S. Truman, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Masonic
Icon 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 in
making the History Channel's documentary: "Ku Klux Klan - a Secret History", and being a history major in
college, I want to pause here to say that from what I have seen on the History Channel in numerous
documentaries and from what I have discussed with other historians and researched for myself, the History
Channel is biased and is distorting history. It is not a completely reliable source of historical information. In
this documentary about the Free Masons, a pseudo scholar said that Albert Pike was said to have written the
rituals of the original Ku Klux Klan. He claimed to have searched through the Masonic Library of the
Supreme Council, where a copy of everything written by the Masons was kept and no Klan rituals were
found. 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 know
is that the original KKK never wrote down its rituals! The rituals were all memorized and passed on from
member to member by word of mouth. When the last original Klansman died the rituals died with him and
are 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 was
looking for something in writing that was never put in writing and he was looking in the wrong place! If Pike
wrote the ritual for the KKK it would not be in the Masonic Library of the Supreme Council. It would be in
the Klan's place of records. But, when the Klan disbanded, Gen. Forrest ordered all Klan regalia and
paraphernalia 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 and
his research was incomplete. He is guilty of distortionism when he then claimed that he proved Pike was
never a Klansman. Here at the Indiana Historical Research Foundation, we have quite a few books (mostly
long out of print) that mention Albert Pike not only as a Klansman, but the KKK's Chief Judicial Officer and
Grand Dragon of Arkansas as well. What follows is from the book: Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan
by Susan L. Davis, copyright 1924 (which was a time when there were original Klansmen still living, many
of whom she interview in person. She also personally knew Grand Wizard Forrest and many other high
ranking Klansmen when she was a girl during the Reconstruction Era because of her father's prominent
position 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 Masonic
involvement 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 and
Capt. John B. Kennedy, Grand Magi of the Klan and member of Masonic lodge F. and A. M. Another
original Klansman was Nicholas Richardson, Grand Cyclops of the KKK and High Mason. In support of the
pages above, the page below is from the book: "The Tragic Era" by Claude Bowers, copyrighted 1962. It lists
the Grand Dragons (state leaders) for eight Klan Realms (a Realm is a Klan term for a state). Albert Pike is
plainly 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 Washington
Corps of Correspondents. The inscription says: "Albert Pike, Chief Judicial Officer, Ku Klux Klan." How
much more proof do you want? I say to all Free Masons, stop lying and admit the truth; Pike was Klansman
and liked it.

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Further, Col. Simmons, who revived the KKK in 1915 and Hiram Evans, who was second Imperial
Wizard of the revived KKK, were also Free Masons. Rev. Thomas C. Jones was a Klansman and public
speaker for the KKK. He was, also, a Methodist minister and a 32nd Degree Free Mason. When the Klan was
at its height in 1924, with over eight million members nationwide, half the Free Masons in the USA were also
members of the KKK. Masonic Lodges across the country doubled as Klaverns for the Klan. Now, let's take a
look at the Masonic / Klan connection from a Grand Master's point of view. This leaflet (printed in its
entirety 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 the
original KKK that they took it over and changed it from the protective society it was into an instrument of
terror used by the Free Masons to get revenge for the country's Morgan Anti Mason War of the 1820's and for
the Anti Mason Party's efforts to wipe the Free Masons out. (The Anti Mason Party was defeated in the
presidential election by Andrew Jackson, a Free Mason.) There is evidence that it was the Free Masons who
were members of the KKK in the 1920's to '30's that were the ones who were committing the crimes
attributed to the KKK at the time while the non Masonic members of the KKK were mostly involved in
charitable works and social activities. I will add more when I get the time.

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This watch fob (front and back

shown) clearly shows a KKK - Masonic link. AKIA means "A Klansman I Am". Indicating a
joint Klan- Masonic membership.

The photo above, circa 1970's, shows a Klansman in front of the sign for a Masonic Temple. In
the 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 of
the KKK. This web page then went on to say it wanted to become a page renown for the truth. In that case the
people who put that page up need to research the subject more deeply. In recent years I have seen a lot of
denial concerning the Klan membership of prominent men who held such high offices. So, in the name of
truth, I will spend some time here getting things straight. Below is a 1944 presidential campaign poster. One
recently sold at auction for over $1,000.00. Items like these are rare but they stand as documentation to the
truth. 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 time
when millions were joining and the KKK was a popular respected organization. He later had a falling out
with the KKK over his wanting to appoint Catholics to political positions. The KKK said it would refuse to
back Truman in an up coming political campaign if he did. Truman ignored the Klan's warning and appointed
the Catholics anyway. Without Klan backing he lost the election. Truman was anti-Klan from then on. His
family has tried to bury his Klan membership ever since. The fact is, the Klan's message, at the time, did
appeal enough to young Harry to convince him to join the KKK. While he, no doubt, tried to bury that after
his falling out with the Klan, the Dewey people either remembered enough or researched enough to dig up his
Klan past in an attempt to defeat him and FDR in the 1944 presidential election. Four years later Truman
would get even with Dewey for this political ploy when he pulled a political upset defeating Dewey at the last
minute.

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The above photo is actually much larger. The sides were removed due to space limitations here. It is from
the book: "The Ku Klux Klan, A Pictorial History, 1865 - 1946. by W. Lee Ackridge. In the book, this photo
is 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) in
the great Washington, D.C. Klan parade, 1925. 40,000 Klansmen and Klansladies marched in that parade and
25,000 marched in the second Washington, D.C. parade in 1926. The Klan had peaked in 1924, with nearly
nine million members. In the 1980's, I spoke to everyone I could find who would have been alive in the
1920's and old enough to remember what went on. They all told me it was common knowledge that President
Coolidge was a Klan member. In the 1924 election, Coolidge received massive Klan support sweeping him
into the White House. In that same election scores of Klansmen were elected into all levels of public office
from 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 the
KKK. Though he ran in five elections, he was never elected president. But, he was a famous political figure
throughout that time period.
To be continued as soon as I get the time. I intend to next add documentation proving that Roosevelt accepted
aid and support form the KKK during his campaign for president.

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