The Moratorium March

I. Introduction and History Background The interruption of the Vietnam War began in November 15, 1969, the Washington DC pacifist and peace managers said, "For peace, there is no more war. There is peace, and there are several placards bearing the name of a soldier who died in the war (Leen) On November 13, 1969, in protest against 'march against death', a plaque of a collapsed soldier's name The card was used for the first time. Two days after the end of the protest, "Interruption in March" began.

On Saturday, November 15, 1969, the second large moratorium was held in Washington DC, and more than 500,000 protesters including many performers and activists opposed the war. This large Saturday parade and rally started before we began to die in March of March and continued between the first night and the second. Over 40,000 people gathered at Pennsylvania Avenue and quietly marched to the White House. After an hour, they went into the file. And each had a dead American soldier or a placard in a village of destroyed Vietnam. Marcharies were completed in front of the Parliament and the placard was placed in a coffin. During this time, the majority of participants in the demonstration were peaceful, but the Dupont Circle broke out on Friday and the police blew tear gas to the crowd.

On October 15, 1969, at 10,000 high schools throughout the country, students skipped the course to stop the Vietnam War. The protest action seems to have almost failed, but still it cost more than $ 2 billion a month. "The streets are full of meetings and prayer meetings, church bells ring, workers are shocked, the city building is covered with black crepes, the American flag hits half of the staff. The estimate was that 2 million Americans appeared on that day, Life Magazine judged the protest action as "the biggest public objection in the history of the country".