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Monmouth Pleasure Club

Deeply unfortunate events happened at our campus from 1926-1929. A local branch of the Ku Klux Klan acquired the land and tried to repurpose it as a summer resort. The group experienced legal disputes and failed at its goal. (InfoAge acknowledges and condemns the actions of this former site owner. U.S. Army hiring from the 1940s through the 1990s included many prominent technical staff of African-American and Jewish heritage. Today, the InfoAge community welcomes diversity from all walks of life.

Klan loses Jersey suit, Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Action to Confiscate Land

From The New York Times, September 21, 1929, page 8. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30 (AP) – Upholding the opinion of a lower court in New Jersey, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals here today, in a decision written by Judge J. Warren Davis, frustrated an attempt of the…

Klan Seeks to Get Land, Asks Court to Prevent Sale by Jersey Unit That Lost Charter

From The New York Times, January 29, 1928, Page 8. TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 28 – On application today of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a Georgia corporation, Federal Judge Bodine set Feb. 6 for argument on the naming of a receiver to take charge of the 420-acre property…

Wizard to Fly to Klan, Evans Expected at Shark River for Celebration

From The New York Times, July 4, 1926, Page 8. BELMAR, N.J., July 3 – Imperial Wizard Hiram W. Evans is expected to arrive by airplane from Illinois tomorrow to address patriotic services at the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan on the Shark River. He is scheduled to…

Klan Has Summer Resort, Buys Old Marconi Radio Station of 396 Acres on Shark River

From The New York Times, June 20, 1926, Page 8. BELMAR, N.J., June 19 – Establishment of a Summer resort for the Ku Klux Klan on the Shark River at New Bedford is being fostered by officials of the New Jersey Realm of the Klan. The project is in its first stages, but…