Columns, Opinions
Remember our history, so we don’t repeat it
By David White
Last February 15, marked the 100th anniversary of one of the biggest Ku Klux Klan rallies in the state which was called by the Luling mayor and city council of the time. It was believed to be the first such invitation to the KKK in the nation by a municipal body. An article from the Luling Signal in 1922 estimated about 10,000 people were in attendance with an estimated 1,200 cars lined up and down Main Street for the final parade.
In a Dec. 15, 1921 Lockhart Post Register, there wa...