As the newspapers reported itThe 1926 Ku Klux Klan parade in Washington

As printed: Kluxers, 250,000 Strong, To March In Parade Monday

ContextThe Ku Klux Klan, revived in 1915 and at the height of its national strength in this decade, holds its annual convention in Washington and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue last year in white robes. Klan headquarters now claims 250,000 will march on Monday; the police, who counted 40,000 to 50,000 last year, have revoked all leave and are weighing whether to post marines at the Treasury again.

As printed: 18 Trains Here With Klansmen for Big Parade at 3 P. M.

ContextThe Ku Klux Klan, revived in 1915 and at its greatest national strength this decade, opens a three-day 'Klonvocation' in Washington with a march down Pennsylvania Avenue at 3 this afternoon. Headquarters had claimed 250,000 marchers; last year police counted between 40,000 and 50,000, and this morning the special trains are running well below last August's fifty-four.