“AUTHENTIC PHOTO OF THE 1924 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.”
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United States. Claim dated 13 Mar 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The photo is from a Ku Klux Klan funeral march in Wisconsin in December 1924, not the Democratic National Convention in New York City in July 1924.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 March 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/DS86-9GER
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