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The Circle begins (The Ku Klux Klan)
On December 24, 1865, in Polaski, Tenessee a group of Confederate veterans forms a secret society that they christen the "Ku Klux Klan".. Although it did not start in New Jersey rapidly spread through our whole nation included New Jersey -
Revivial of The Circle (Ku Klux Klan)
In 1915 inspired by their romantic view of the Old South as well as Thomas Dixon's 1905 book "The Clansman" A group of white Protestant nativist a revival of the Ku Klux Klan near Atlanta, Georgia. -
The Grand Dragon (Arthur Bell)
Arthur H. Bell became the grand dragon of the KKK in New Jersey around 1922. -
The Higher Calling (Somerset County)
In 1923 funded the Pillar of Fire Church International to establish the Alma White College, in Somerset County. The College was rooted in Klan beliefs in the hopes of furthering its deology. -
The first Burnt Cross (Kenilworth, Union County)
According to a local newspaper reports at the time, the first blazing wooden cross to be was seen by Kenilworth residents was reported on April 6, 1925. -
Patriotic Day (Zarephath)
In 1929 "Patriotic Day" was the first annual meeting of the assembly hall in Zarephath, New Jersey -
The Secret Society (Wall township)
Camps Evans owned by the Klan from 1925-1935. -
American Fuhrer (Sussex County)
In 1940 a rally took place in a rural Sussex County over a thousand people marching with Flames from the wooden cross, forty feet high wearing hood white robes, others in the gray uniforms of the German American Bund. -
The Atlantic City Skinhead (Atlantic County)
Part of the white supremacy, and KKK and some other outlaw groups. The Atlantic City also known as AC Skins was formed in 1986 -
Re-birth of a nation (Somerset County)
Rev. S Rea Crawford general manager of the Pillar of Fire International and Robert W. Cruver, president of the Zarephath Bible Institut. They were trying to prove that were against the Klan. However they were liked to the KKK.
