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around. Back in them days, people was more close to each other.”
However, a number of long-time Fauquier residents are skeptical of any such occurence and most are unaware of any Klan activity in the county.
“I think one time, some years ago, there was a cross burning. That’s about the only thing I’ve ever heard. And that might not have been the Ku Klux Klan,” said Sheriff Ashby Olinger.
Max Tufts, a community leader who was active in the local civil rights movement during the ’60s said he doesn’t remember the Ku Klux Klan ever being present in Fauquier.
“I hadn’t heard of much of anything,” said Conway Porter, president of the Fauquier County chapter of the NAACP. Though an “under the surface” hostility toward blacks was evident, Porter said he had no knowledge of Klan activity in Fauquier.
“I’m not sure how to take this. If there’s something there, I think it needs to be investigated thoroughly,” said Porter.
“You hear whispers, but you can’t talk about rumors,” said Mary Culver, a 74-year-old Fauquier native.
Mrs. Culver said that she once received a threatening letter that was tossed on her lawn by a passing car during a political rally she held in the ’60s. The letter, which she suspected was from the Ku Klux Klan, threatened against any integration of schools. There were rumors, said Mrs. Culver, that a Klan rally was held nearby on that same day.
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