RARE 1969 PILGRIM for Peace Anti-Vietnam War Protest Pinback MORATORIUM

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RARE 1969 PILGRIM for Peace Anti-Vietnam War Protest Pinback MORATORIUM:
$14.79

Essentially MINT condition 1.75\" litho pinback as shown.
Moratorium to End the War in VietnamFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TheMoratorium to End the War in Vietnamwas a massivedemonstrationandteach-inagainst theUnited Statesinvolvement in theVietnam Warthat took place across the United States on October 15, 1969,followed a month later by a large Moratorium March on Washington.

October 15, 1969 Vietnam Moratorium

The Moratorium developed fromJerome Grossman\'s April 20, 1969, call for ageneral strikeif the war had not concluded by October. David Hawk andSam Brown,[2]who had previously worked on the unsuccessful 1968 presidential campaign ofEugene McCarthy, changed the concept to a less radical moratorium and began to organize the event as the Vietnam Moratorium Committee withDavid Mixner,Marge Sklenkar,John Gage, and others.

As with previous large anti-war demonstrations, including theNational Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam\'s April 15, 1967 march on the United Nations and their1967 March on the Pentagon, the event was a clear success, with millions participating throughout the world.Bostonwas the site of the largest turnout; about 100,000 attended a speech by anti-war SenatorGeorge McGovern. Future U.S. PresidentBill Clinton, then aRhodes Scholarat Oxford, organized and participated in the demonstration in England; this later became an issue in his Presidential campaign.

November 15, 1969, Moratorium March on Washington

The first nationwide Moratorium was followed a month later, on Saturday, November 15, 1969, by a second massive Moratorium march inWashington, D.C., which attracted over 500,000 demonstrators against the war, including many performers and activists. This massive Saturday march and rally was preceded by the March against Death, which began on Thursday evening and continued throughout that night and all the next day. Over 40,000 people gathered to parade silently downPennsylvania Avenueto theWhite House. Hour after hour, they walked in single file, each bearing a placard with the name of a dead American soldier or a destroyed Vietnamese village. The marchers finished in front of theCapitol building, where the placards were placed in coffins. The vast majority of demonstrators during these days were peaceful; however, late on Friday, conflict broke out atDuPont Circle, and the police sprayed the crowd withtear gas. The people of Washington, D.C., generously opened schools, seminaries, and other places ofshelterto the thousands of students and others who converged for this purpose. A daytime march before the White House was lined by parked tour buses and uniformed police officers, some flashing peace symbols on the inside of their jackets in a show of support for thecrowd.

PresidentRichard Nixonsaid about the march, \"Now, I understand that there has been, and continues to be, opposition to the war in Vietnam on the campuses and also in the nation. As far as this kind of activity is concerned, we expect it; however under no circumstances will I be affected whatever by it.\"

On Moratorium Day, half a million demonstrators gathered across from the White House for a rally where they were led byPete Seegerin singingJohn Lennon\'s new song \"Give Peace A Chance\" for ten minutes or more.His voice above the crowd, Seeger interspersed phrases like, \"Are you listening,Nixon?\", \"Are you listening,Agnew?\", \"Are you listening,Pentagon?\" between thechorusesof protesters singing, \"All we are saying ... is give peace a chance\".

Activists at some universities continued to hold monthly \"Moratoria\" on the 15th of each month.

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