A huge American flag is carried upside down as a signal of distress. The march ends back at the camp when the flag carriers mount the stage. 1971 Veterans cast down their medals and ribbons on the steps of the Capitol. Congressman Jonathon Bingham holds hearings with former intelligence and public information officers over distortion of news and information concerning the war. Senators George McGovern and Philip Hart hold hearings on atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam.
Veterans begin breaking camp.
A tree, donated by the veterans, is planted as a symbolic plea for the preservation of all life and the environment. The quadrangle on the Mall is vacant. Not one act of violence has been committed. They came in peace. . . . . The war in Indochina continues.