Ku Klux Klan flag, painted taffeta, c. 1866. (Chicago Historical Society)

Ku Klux Klan flag, painted taffeta, c. 1866. (Chicago Historical Society)

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Klansmen embellished this flag with a Satanic dragon image and a Latin motto referring to African Americans. The banner quotes St. Augustine's definition of Catholic truth,

"that which [has been believed] always, everywhere, by all."

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