Word: marches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...march scheduled for 10 a. m. started at 10:25 a. m. and was led by three drummers, followed by eleven coffins containing the names of the 40,000 war dead. Behind them, a man carried the 300-lb, wooden cross. He explained, "If Jesus Christ were alive today, he would impeach Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon...
Chants of "Peace Now" and "Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh- NLF is gonna win" were heard sporadically throughout the march. Other chants were. "One two, three four. Tricky Dicky stop the war" and "Peace. peace. peace peace. Spiro Agnew
Placards and banners dominated the march. Signs were rife with references to Spiro Agnew and the Silent Majority: "Effetism in Defense of Liberty is No Vice." "Tyranny Has Always Depended On a Silent Majority." "Keep Spiro Agnew in the Silent Majority." and "What Plan, Mr. President?" Several people carried large NLF flags and red and black banners. Many other marchers carried small American flags...
...point in the march a group of about 100 people behind a banner reading "Power to the People" charged through the cordon of marshals who lined the route at Eighth Street in an apparent attempt to attack the White House, but were forced back by the marshals...
During the afternoon, the museums were overflowing with people resting after the march...