Keywords: ku klux klan
Item 23289
Women of the Ku Klux Klan seal, Houlton, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1924 Location: Houlton Media: Paper
Item 23286
Ku Klux Klan Constitution cover, 1921
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1921 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper, map
Item 54642
509 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph R. Rollins et als Use: Club House
Exhibit
In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.
Exhibit
A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine
The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
"… Portland city government and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan were motivated by anti-immigrant sentiments."
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"One of the most famous legends of Biddeford is when the Klan paraded through Saco and tried to come to Biddeford--the story goes that the Irish…"
Story
Alice Bertrand shares highlights from her 100+ years
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
What is it like to live through all the events that have occurred in the past 100+ years?
Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
