On Oct. 21, 1967, over 100,000 protesters marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon in Washington D.C. to protest the Vietnam War. Hippies and veterans alike clashed with U.S. marshals in ...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by American architect Maya Lin, was completed in 1982. It is located in Constitution Gardens, next to the National Mall, northeast of the Lincoln Memorial.
And they are known as the largest and most violent university demonstrations of the Vietnam War era ... groups in protest today. And that was the Weathermen. And I just remember thinking as I was ...
Three Vietnam War veterans talk about their war experiences, what they felt when they returned from service, and the decades ...
The father will gain fame leading the Army's celebrated First Infantry Division during World War II ... procession" to protest police brutality. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, a memorial service is ...
“It’s a form of political protest − choosing people who stand ... over disproportionate death rates of Chicanos in the Vietnam War and the death of civil rights activist and Los Angeles ...
by the Lincoln Memorial. You can also take the DC Circulator's National Mall bus to the sights. Visit the National Park Service's Vietnam Veterans Memorial page and its Korean War Veterans ...
Kristin Hannah's new best-selling historical novel, "The Women," is shining an overdue spotlight on Vietnam War nurses. Two ...
The memorial is visited by over six million people a year. The Lincoln Memorial honors Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of ...
This green space in downtown Washington, D.C., includes more than 1,000 acres of land showcasing such iconic sites as the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr., ...