““Twas the night before Christmas, at a town in the South, A band of ex-Confederates gathered, down in the mouth; That the black man was now free, they felt was unfair, An abomination they’d address with terror to spare; Crosses they’d burn with white hoods on their head, Spreading their message of hate with horror and dread.” Yes, ringing in the season with Yuletide cheer, the Ku Klux Klan was officially organized in Pulaski, Tennessee, on December 24, 1865.””
![“I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state in the union.” quote by Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/861/robert-byrd-17085_anxious_i-am-a-former-kleagle-recruiter-of-the-k_2392434.jpg)
![“I am a former Kleagie of the Klu Klux Klan in Raleigh County and adjoining counties of the state, having been appainted to this office [by] Mr. J. L. Baskin of Arlington, Virginia, in 1942... It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state in the union.” quote by Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/578/robert-byrd-17085_anxious_i-am-a-former-kleagie-of-the-klu-klux-kl_2228031.jpg)
