On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 6:23 PM John Obrien <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > Just want to correct your stating that the Vietnam Antiwar Mass Marches never > exceeded 300,000 - 400,000. . . .
List of protests against the Vietnam War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_against_the_Vietnam_War ... April 15. [1967] The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam[22] stages an anti-war demonstration in New York City marching from Central Park to the United Nations, with over 400,000 attendees. Speakers included Martin Luther King Jr.,[23][24] Harry Belafonte, James Bevel, and Dr. Benjamin Spock. ... November 15. [1969] The Mobe's Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam mobilizes 500,000. "March against Death", Washington, D.C. ... April 24. [1971] A peaceful "Vietnam War Out Now" rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in which "upwards of half a million took part," [46][47] calling for an end to the Vietnam War. ... ... Martha Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell (September 2, 1918 – May 31, 1976) was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon. Her public comments and interviews during the Watergate scandal were frank and revealing. ... Mitchell first came to national attention after she remarked to a television reporter that the Washington, D.C., peace demonstrations held in November 1969 reminded her husband of the Russian Revolution. ... Out Now! A Participants Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the Vietnam War by Fred Halstead, Pathfinder Press, 1978 on April 24, 1971, pp. 711-712 "It became an open secret that the White House, alarmed by the demonstration, insisted that government agency estimates of its size be as small as possible. Since the heads of the Washington city administrations were at that time not elected but were federal appointees, they were obliged to comply. Police Chief Jerry Wilson stuck to his estimate of 200,000 before incredulous reporters. But some of the press also quoted Bill Jepson, a civilian police information officer who apparently hadn't gotten the White House signal. "I would say from my knowledge there were more here than ever before. We had liaison men out and they said it just dwarfed anything they'd seen." The official NPAC estimate was "over half a million" -and that was modest. I think anyone involved with the technical side of the demonstration was aware that this was the biggest of all, surpassing November 15, 1969." ... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#28533): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/28533 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/103794305/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
