July 4, 1923:  D. C. Stephenson Inaugurated

D. C. Stephenson was inaugurated in Kokomo as the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Indiana and seven other Northern states.  This was remembered as the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in Klan history.  Over 200,000 Klansmen attended.

Cited by:  L.C. Rudolph, Hoosier Faiths: A History of Indiana Churches and Religious Groups (Bloomington and Indianapolis:  Indiana University Press, 1995): section: “Ku Klux Klan,” 546-550, 557. [6pp.]