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PACubsFan23 OP t1_ixnfkda wrote

Reply to comment by BEHodge in Thanksgiving Day Tradition - the 99th annual “Turkey Day Game” by PACubsFan23

They are the Konkrete Kids, yes. The spelling of Konkrete comes from the German spelling, which was what most of the people who worked in the local cement plant were. It’s been spelling that way since pre-1940’s. It doesn’t have anything to do with the KKK, or any racism whatsoever

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ianrwlkr t1_ixnqkjf wrote

There is/was absolutely klan influence that town lmao

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PACubsFan23 OP t1_ixnrom6 wrote

You’ve obviously never been to the Atlas Museum and learned from Mr. Pany!

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Disarray215 t1_ixoeb3r wrote

Bucks county as well. I used to drive by a house that had the klan flag flying on my way to work.

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ItsjustJim621 t1_ixor1f5 wrote

Yeah…except that there’s ways to pay homage to the history without “accidentally” having racist connotations.

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