Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington Monument, six huge Marine helicopters landed at about 9 a.m. and unloaded combat attired troops to secure the park...
...today's broadest-based actions, the People Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) are co-sponsoring a 6 a.m. march from the grounds of the Washington Monument across the 14th St. Bridge to the Pentagon. The march aims to block off all entryways to the Pentagon parking...
...leaders of the march expect to be arrested before reaching the Pentagon, possibly at the Monument itself. However, they hope that the presence of SCLC leaders Ralph D. Abernathy and Hosea Williams, and noted pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock will attract attention to antiwar demands. They also expect to tie up large numbers of police and block traffic as they are being arrested...
Afterwards, police left in buses for strategic sites around the city, leaving Park Police to seal off the area. No one was allowed on any of the national monument or memorial grounds afternoon yesterday. As one Park policeman said. "The only way somebody is going to get in there [West Potomac Park] is with a badge...
Kleindienst's ban may also interfere with a Mayday women's march scheduled to originate at the Monument grounds tomorrow. Today's concert will begin at noon and last through the night. Another concert will be held tomorrow following a mass rally sponsored by PCPJ and the Mayday Tribe...