March Against Death
date: label: date made
content: 1969
label: associated date
content: November 13, 1969
name: label: maker
content: New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
notes: label: Description
content: Known informally as "The Mobe" The New Mobilization Committee was a coalition of activists that organized large demonstrations to oppose the war. During the March Against Death each protestor carried a candle and a sign that bore the name of US serviceman or civilian killed or a village destroyed by the war. At the Capitol the signs were placed in coffins, the coffins were then carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: general subject association
content: Demonstrations
label: general subject association
content: Protest and Civil Disobedience
label: Subject
content: Vietnam War
label: related event
content: Vietnam War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bradford Lyttle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0116.090
label: accession number
content: 1986.0116
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0116.090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 23 in; 38.1 cm x 58.42 cm