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==History==
Pelley was a former journalist, novelist and screenwriter turned [[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualist]] who began to promote [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] views by 1931, including the belief that Jews were [[Spirit possession|possessed by demons]].<ref name=atwood/> He formed the Silver Legion with the goal of bringing about a "spiritual and political renewal", inspired by the success of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s Nazi movement in Germany.<ref name=atwood/>
A [[Nationalism|nationalist]], [[Fascism|fascist]] group,<ref name="americainwwii.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/americans-for-hitler/|title=Americans for Hitler|last=Van Ells|first=Mark D.|date=August 2007|publisher=americainwwii.com|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref> the paramilitary Silver Legion wore a uniform modeled after the Nazi's [[brown shirts]] (SA),<ref name=atwood/> consisting of a [[Silver (color)|silver]] shirt with a blue tie, along with a [[campaign hat]] and blue [[corduroy]] trousers with [[Leggings#Military use|leggings]]. The uniform shirts bore a [[Scarlet (color)|scarlet]] letter ''L'' over the heart, which according to Pelley was "standing for Love, Loyalty, and Liberation."<ref name=atwood/> The blocky [[slab serif]] ''L''-emblem was in a [[typeface]] similar to the present-day [[Rockwell (typeface)|Rockwell Extra Bold]]. The organizational flag was a plain silver field with a red ''L'' in the [[Canton (flag)|canton]] on the upper left hand corner. By 1934, the Legion claimed that it had 15,000 members.<ref name="Silver Shirts">{{Cite web|url=http://holocaustonline.org/silver-shirts/|title=Silver Shirts|website=Holocaust Online|access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>
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