David Allen, owner of A&M Auctioneers and Appraisers, never quite knows what’s going to turn up from the old homes and shops of the Eastern Shore.
Once, he said, he came across a box of wooden and metal washboards from an old general store, 100 years old and looking brand new.
This month, though, the Wicomico County auction house handled an item with a somewhat darker history.
In an otherwise-humdrum estate in Cambridge — heavy on Persian rugs, china dolls and decorative crystal vases — was a white robe, with a deep red patch embroidered over the heart. A number, 127, adorned the left sleeve. The triangle-topped hood was stained brown at the edges.
A&M offered the robe as part of an online auction. The listing: “Cambridge Lodge #127 original Ku Klux Klan complete robe and cap with original patch and embroidered lodge number on sleeve ...”
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5 comments:
I imagine that every Democrat in the world would bid on this item,given that the KKK was/is the terroristic arm of the Democratic Party.
Don't believe it? Check real history, not left-wing revisionist history.
Good job Dave. I don't agree with the KKK, but I am even more opposed to those that wish to sterilize history and pretend like things such as the KKK never happened. Just like the Confederate statues, or books suck as To Kill A Mockingbird or Huckleberry Finn, They are a part of history, like it or not. I'm neither Republican or Democrat, but it's been obvious that the Liberal agenda of most of the Democratic party is inclusive, only when they agree with the content. If they disagree, it mist go, destroy or hide it and pretend it doesn't exist.
Republican to Republican, what you're doing is insulting your own party. The real history is the Democratic party used to be the conservative party. Now that doesn't make republicans racist but the Democratic party of old actually was the Republican party. So that's the truth
I saw that pop up a few weeks ago. It was an estate sale under the families name! I was very surprised.
Did Trump buy it?
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