Hundreds march up Pilot Butte to celebrate Juneteenth

By Barney Lerten

Published June 20, 2020 10:00 am

Hundreds of people marched up Pilot Butte and held a rally at the summit on Friday evening in a 'Take Back the Butte' event to both celebrate Juneteenth and reflect on how the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses at the landmark's summit nearly a century ago.

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