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Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 7 P.M.
Los Angeles Civil War Round Table presents
"The Knights of the Golden Circle"
by Ira Fistell
The Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society originally founded to promote the interests of the Southern United States. It was to prepare the way for annexation of a golden circle of territories in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean to be included in the United States as slave states. Most members were recruited in the Southwest, in Texas, New Mexico Territory and California. During the American Civil War, some Southern sympathizers in the Northern States such as Ohio and Indiana, were accused of belonging to the Knights of the Golden Circle. By 1863, numerous citizens and active politicians in areas bordering the north of the Ohio River were members or were in similar organizations influenced by it.
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Our speaker, this month is the incomparable, Mr. Ira Fistell, who in the past has given us speeches on the "Reconstruction," "Pony Express in the Civil War," "Mr. Lincoln's Government 1861-1865," and other highly entertaining and informative subjects on the Civil War. |
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