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In early March 2020, internet users shared a black-and-white photograph of an elderly man that was remarkable, they said, because it depicted a veteran of the American Revolutionary War who served in 1777. The picture circulating is indeed authentic and depicts Conrad Heyer, who is believed to be the earliest-born American photographed alive.According to the Maine Historical Society: The image of Heyer was taken when he was 103 years old, according to Smithsonian.
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