May Day
date: label: associated date
content: May 5, 1971
notes: label: Description
content: In May 1971 there were a series of anti-Vietnam protests organized by several of the more militant members of the anti-war movement. Beginning on Saturday May 1st some 35,000 protesters gathered at West Potomac Park. The next day, the protest permit was canceled and Park Police and Metropolitan Police arrived in riot gear to disperse the crowd. On Monday May 3rd, 10,000 federal troops arrived. Protesters stated that "since the government had not stopped the war, they would stop the government." As a result, there were over 12,000 people arrested.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: associated place
content: Viet Nam
topic: label: general subject association
content: History, Reform Movements, Peace/Anti-War
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: Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edith Villastrigo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.314623.1
label: catalog number
content: 314623.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 17 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm