Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stop saving face and begin saving lives," said Sen. George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), the principal speaker at the rally. Urging immediate withdrawal, McGovern said, "To those who say this will cause a bloodbath in Vietnam. I say there is a bloodbath...
...estimated 15,000 demonstrators had gathered on the Cambridge Common at 1 p.m. for a rally before marching to Boston. George Wald. Higgins Professor of Biology, told the crowd. "I'll tell you how to get out of Vietnam-in ships. In a democracy, the government doesn't tell us; the President doesn't tell us: we tell them." As church bells tolled. Wald said. "Our national problem is that we're on our second amoral President...
...march began at 1:40 p.m., parade marshals wearing yellow armbands tried to keep the crowd behind the lead banner, "On To Washington D.C. Nov. 15-Bring the Troops Home Now." A group of Vietnam veterans opposed to the war marched at the front, with arms linked, followed by members of the Harvard University Band playing the theme from "Exodus...
McGovern received a huge roar from the crowd when he said the New York Mets had won yesterday's World Series game. He then quoted Mets pitcher Tom Seaver as saying, "If the Mets can win in the World Series, we can get out of Vietnam...
Zinn, in a bitter denunciation of America's involvement in Vietnam, said, "We have been fighting against a basically decent revolutionary movement in Vietnam. The people of Hanoi have fought a long war for independence from foreign control...