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Oren Van Loon of Berkley, Mich. ~ Branded by the Klan in 1924

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Oren Van Loon of Berkley, Mich. ~ Branded by the Klan in 1924

BasketLady420  (View posts) Posted: 30 Jan 2006 9:57PM GMT
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Surnames: Van Loon
After preaching a sermon condemning Klan cross burning near Berkley, Michigan, a Detroit suburb, Reverend Oren Van Loon received this indelible souvenir in 1924. (photo on website)


I am not related to this family, just passing on this information I found while doing research on Lynchings. I apologize to the family of Oren, but this information needs to be shared. The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://www.americanlynching.com/main.html

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