Attempting to hide the truth of our history as Americans -- to "cleanse" it -- is a way for Deniers to
turn their backs on the uglier realities of this ever-evolving Democracy. This chilling photograph is of the
Ku Klux Klan marching down Main Street in Kittery Foreside, Maine, in the early 1920s. Black History
Matters! And tragically, we as a country can't tell the entire story of the struggle of African Americans
while air-brushing the truths from it in an attempt to make it more "tolerable." Choose not to be a
Denier; instead, choose to tell your friends, neighbors, and loved ones -- and future generations --
what REALLY happened in your community, and why it should never happen again. -
-- Ross Alan Bachelder, March 6, 2023