KKK Parade Float, Bellingham, 1926. Photo: Whatcom County Historical Society. | Photographs from the KKK in Washington State | Ku Klux Klan in Washington State | Photo and Document Gallery

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium | Photo and Document Gallery | Ku Klux Klan in Washington State | Photographs from the KKK in Washington State | KKK Parade Float, Bellingham, 1926. Photo: Whatcom County Historical Society.

A float in a KKK parade in Bellingham, WA in 1926. The float was barred from the city's Tulip Festival, but Whatcom County continued to be a strong base of support for the State KKK through the 1920s. Photo courtesy of the Whatcom County Historical Society. Copyright (c) reserved.