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2024-08-12 17:12:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 98BA5C957068B93187C2059207FE65A0B1AE9E23910F9228B9F689C0E2C26A1A
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These were KKK members marching to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Dreger, in December 1924. The photo was taken in Wisconsin. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM1902 The Democratic National Convention was held in New York City’s Madison Square Garden (beginning in June, 1924): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-1924-democratic-national-convention-was-the-longest-and-most-chaotic-of-its-kind-in-us-history-180984590/
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