Ku Klux Klan in Canada of the secessionist movement of the Confederate States of America and the abolition of slavery, which was the underlying cause of the war. The United States entered a period of Reconstruction, during which the infrastructure destroyed during the civil war would be rebuilt, national unity would be restored, and freed slaves were guaranteed their civil rights with the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments. In December 1865, six veterans of the Confederate Army established the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. Presidents Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) and Andrew Johnson (1865–1869) undertook a moderate approach to Reconstruction, but after the 1866 election resulted
The Casimir Pulaski Foundation mutual benefit. Since its inception, the Knight of Freedom Award has been presented to: The Casimir Pulaski Foundation The Casimir Pulaski Foundation ("Fundacja im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego, FKP") is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan think tank based in Warsaw, Poland specializing in foreign policy and security research. Founded in 2004, the foundation concentrates in its research in two areas: transatlantic relations in the context of security policy and research in the post-Soviet sphere of influence. Other points of interests include Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The Pulaski Foundation provides strategic analysis and solutions for government policy makers, the private