And this from SLATE: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/06/what_does_an_exalted_cyclops_do.html
“In 1865, six Tennesseans formed a club that mainly involved dressing up in costumes and riding around Giles County after dark.”
Dear Lord, the ignorance. Or is it? History is being rewritten at a breakneck pace.