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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I'm old enough to remember the huge billboard on Route 17 just as you crossed the state line from North Carolina to South Carolina that read, "Welcome to South Carolina: Home of the Ku Klux Klan." That sign was there for years and years.
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There's no doubt that being a Yankee, and a far northern one at that, I certainly never had those same associations. The only sign I remember when going down south was "Just 5 more miles until Pepe's South of the Border!"
On the other hand, the Klan was extremely active in New York City back in the 30's and 40's, but targeting the immigrant populations settling into Manhattan and Brooklyn.
But in this thread, I haven't really seen anyone stating solid 'objection' to the name, only saying that they wouldn't mind seeing something other.
Stitchawl