The Brown Bag Lunch Series at the SLCHA

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Local History of the KKK Discussed on March 15^th
   
Did you know that a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was active in the North Country during the 1920s? Local KKK members held rallies and cross burnings in many towns and hamlets in St. Lawrence County, where they targeted communities of African-Americans, Jews, and Catholics. Learn more about this dark chapter of our history when Bryan Thompson speaks at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at noon on Thursday, March 15^th. Brown Bag Lunches are free and open to the public. Bring your own lunch and enjoy a beverage and dessert provided by SLCHA.
 
Bryan Thompson, a seventh generation St. Lawrence County native, is the municipal historian for the town of DeKalb. While deputy and town historian, he received the Hackman Research Fellowship and the Dearstyne Award for Excellence from the state archives. He is also the author of the popular article on this topic that appeared in the SLCHA Quarterly in 2017.