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There's the picture I'll always have in my mind of the paratroopers landing on the grounds of the Washington Monument Monday morning, six Marine helicopters ready to protect America against itself. And the little ironies: thinking as the Marines landed that here they were landing on ground dedicated to a revolutionary who fought against oppression. Big George didn't work within the system...
...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...