The Culture of Silence: Lilly was stunned by the KKK killings a century ago
Photo by Phil Andraychak at Lilly-Washington Historical Society event The KKK riot against Irish and Italian Catholics in 1924 [Part 1 of...
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hughconrad52
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hughconrad52
- May 23
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Explaining the truth to some Catholic school students in Wisconsin why the KKK invaded Lilly in 1924
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hughconrad52
- Apr 8
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The KKK killing of Phil Conrad in April, 1924 devastated my grandmother, Katie Brady Conrad
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hughconrad52
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A Century Later, April 5, 1924: The night the KKK robbed Lilly, Pa. of its collective innocence
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Grateful to my Irish grandparents on this St. Patrick's Day
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