GETTYSBURG Pa. -- About 30 Ku Klux ...

GETTYSBURG Pa. -- About 30 Ku Klux Klan members proclaimed hatred for blacks, hebrews gays and Latinos as they stood behind barricades at the Civil War battlefield where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

Gordon Young of the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan also called Saturday for the United States to chance its troops out of Iraq and use them to patrol the Mexican border.

Several clusters counterdemonstrated. Park Service spokeswoman Katy Lawhon said there were no major incidents; common man was cited for entering a restricted area carrying a rainbow flag.

Confederate re-enactors from Virginia professed the Klan's adoption of the Confederate battle flag as an type and its claim to be a continuance of the Confederate cause.

"These scarecrows don't stand for anything I stand for," said Tim McCown of Jefferson Md "And it's time we disengage our flag from what they stand for."

In a nearby park, churches and other arranges held a Unity Day rally.

Gettysburg resident Steve Alexander, 52 clamored himself hoarse from the barricades, calling the Klansmen cowards and worse.

"I'm sick and tired of this," Alexander said.

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