Word: weres
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The crowd was good-natured and generally cooperative throughout the afternoon. A speaker on the podium would occasionally start chants of "Sit Down," when too many people were obstructing others views.
The march had very little active support from Washington officialdom. Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.), Sen, George S. McGovern (D-S. D.), and Sen Charles E. Goodell (R-N. Y.) were the only Congressmen to speak at the rally.
Demonstrators started a few small fires out of trash to keep warm as the afternoon passed. These were discouraged by the speakers. but only one chant of "Put Them Out" was started, with little effect.
Some people smoked marijuana. but drugs were not very prominent. Others had flasks of hard liquor, some of which they offered to people close by to warm them up.
Among the participating artists and musicians were Arlo Guthric. Pete Secger, Mary Travis (of Peter. Paul and Mary). actor-playwright Adolphe Green, Leonard Bernstein, and the cast of "Hair."