Anti-War Movement

  • first u.s. protest

    first u.s. protest

    war resisters league organizes first u.s. protest against vietnam war
  • national guardian

    national guardian

    The National Guardian published a pledge of draft resistance.
  • burnt draft cards

    burnt draft cards

    Twelve young men in New York publicly burn their draft cards to protest the war.
  • demaonstration

    demaonstration

    joan baez leads 600 people in an anti-war demonstation in san francisco.
  • bombing north vietnam

    bombing north vietnam

    when the U.S. began bombing north vietnam the pace of protests quickened.
  • anti-war teach-in

    anti-war teach-in

    the students for a democratic society hold the first anti-war teach-in at the university of michigan at ann arbor
  • march

    march

    The SDS-organized March Against the Vietnam War onto Washington, D.C. was the largest anti-war demonstration in the U.S. to date with 15-20,000 people attending.
  • fire

    fire

    norman morrison a 31 year old pacifist set himself on fire.
  • veterans

    veterans

    about100 veterans atempted to return their military decoration but were returned back.
  • burned

    the fashinonable a l'ivnovation department store in brussels belgium burnt down killing over 300 people.
  • injured

    injured

    3 police officers and 65 students were injured at the university of wisconson.
  • march of the pentigon

    march of the pentigon

    on october 21st 1967 the march of the pentigon took place.
  • shot

    shot

    antonia martinez a 21 year old of the university of puerto rico was shot and killed.
  • liberty

    liberty

    45 abti-war veterans occupied the statue of liberty. thay put a u.s. flag on the crown. they left on dec 28th because of a court order.
  • mine

    mine

    protests again spread across the country in response to president nixons decision to mine harbor in north vietnam.