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AFFAIR AT DANVILLE IS A HUGE SUCCESS20,000 Witness Parade and Hear Patriotic Addresses— Bible Now Used in Schools](By Staff Corespondent) DANVILLE, Ind., Oct. 20.—Danville was jammed with a crowd of 20,000 persons last Saturday whu thronged the streets to see the big parade given by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The town was literally packed with automobiles and every available parking space was used. Many residents here opened up their yards that visitors might be accommodated with space for their cars.The courthouse yard and the street in front was crammed with people who listened to an address given by a well-known speaker who stood on the courthouse balcony and addressed the crowd. The speaker gave a stirring patriotic talk and the great crowd cheered him time and tirno again as the wonderful truths of his remarks awoke the sentiment of America in the breasts of all those within-Hearing distance,Delegates from Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Craw for dsville, Russellville and every town in the county, helped swell the crowd and make the affair a wonderful success.Two Thousand In ParadeThe parade, in which 2,000 persons took part, was a magnificent affair and too much can not he said of the wonderful Impression it made on all those who witnessed it.With over twro hundred mounted Klansmen In full regalia, and thirty beautifully-decorated floats, it was mi array of splendor to be long remembered. The music was furnished by the North Salem. Plainfield and Brownsburg bands, and a boy drum and bugle corps from Russellville also took a place in the lines. It took more than a half hour for the parade to pass a riven point and the crowd cheered the living spirit of America continuously on its way.All restaurants were crowded to capacity during the evening and lunch stands operated by Protestant churches were kept busy every minute of the time supplying foocl for the hungry merrymakers.A brilliant fiery cross was displayed from the balcony of the courthouse and another, which could be seen for miles, shone forth from the roof of a local restaurant.The Fox News Service had a cam-I eraman on the job who took a film
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Indianapolis Fiery Cross
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Fri, Oct 26, 1923
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