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	In July 1933 the Khaki Shirts held a meeting at Columbus Hall on Astoria Avenue, in Astoria, Queens, New York. [[Communist]]s invaded the meeting, the lights went out and [[Antonio Fierro\|one communist]] was killed. Art Smith testified before a grand jury that [[Athos Terzani]], an "anti-fascist", was responsible for the killing of his comrade. Terzani was tried for murder but acquitted.		In July 1933 the Khaki Shirts held a meeting at Columbus Hall on Astoria Avenue, in Astoria, Queens, New York. [[Communist]]s invaded the meeting, the lights went out and [[Antonio Fierro\|one communist]] was killed. Art Smith testified before a grand jury that [[Athos Terzani]], an "anti-fascist", was responsible for the killing of his comrade. Terzani was tried for murder but acquitted.

	[[Frank Moffer]], a Khaki Shirt member, later confessed to the crime and was sentenced five to ten years in prison for first-degree manslaughter.<ref>''Anarchist Voices: an Oral History of Anarchism in America'', by Paul Avrich, page 526</ref> Art Smith was convicted for giving perjured testimony to a grand jury and was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in [[Sing Sing prison]] in [[New York state]].<ref>[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/THR-SS3.PDF American ~~Jewish~~ Committee report on Pelley and the Silver Shirts (undated)]</ref>		[[Frank Moffer]], a Khaki Shirt member, later confessed to the crime and was sentenced five to ten years in prison for first-degree manslaughter.<ref>''Anarchist Voices: an Oral History of Anarchism in America'', by Paul Avrich, page 526</ref> Art Smith was convicted for giving perjured testimony to a grand jury and was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in [[Sing Sing prison]] in [[New York state]].<ref>[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/THR-SS3.PDF American jewish Committee report on Pelley and the Silver Shirts (undated)]</ref>

	The group fell apart after an abortive march on Washington in October 1933.		The group fell apart after an abortive march on Washington in October 1933.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
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'''Khaki Shirts of America''' also self-identified as '''U.S. Fascists''' was founded in the summer of 1932 by [[Art J. Smith]] after the [[1932 Bonus March on Washington]]. The organization's appeal was to the American veterans of the [[First World War]], many were Italian-Americans.

In July 1933 the Khaki Shirts held a meeting at Columbus Hall on Astoria Avenue, in Astoria, Queens, New York. [[Communist]]s invaded the meeting, the lights went out and [[Antonio Fierro|one communist]] was killed. Art Smith testified before a grand jury that [[Athos Terzani]], an "anti-fascist", was responsible for the killing of his comrade. Terzani was tried for murder but acquitted.

[[Frank Moffer]], a Khaki Shirt member, later confessed to the crime and was sentenced five to ten years in prison for first-degree manslaughter.<ref>''Anarchist Voices: an Oral History of Anarchism in America'', by Paul Avrich, page 526</ref> Art Smith was convicted for giving perjured testimony to a grand jury and was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in [[Sing Sing prison]] in [[New York state]].<ref>[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/THR-SS3.PDF American Jewish Committee report on Pelley and the Silver Shirts (undated)]</ref>

The group fell apart after an abortive march on Washington in October 1933.

==See also==
* [[List of Shirt movements in America]]
* [[Dudley Gilbert]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Shirt movements]]