In opposition to the Vietnam War, there were several demonstrations that occurred world wide, the most famous demonstrations, of course, occurred in the United States. America united under the popular belief that it was essential for all of our troops to pull out of Vietnam and come home safely. The demonstrations that I have selected [...]
Vietnam Photos
Vietnam War through The Things They Carried by RugbyThrilla (January 5, 2007)
Veterans Opposing THEIR OWN War
The group congregated in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. The veterans provided insight saying that soldiers fought because they lacked another option; not all of them agreed with what they were fighting for. They provided an outlet and support for veterans and their families dealing with the after effects [...]
Peacefully & Forcefully Persuasive
On April 20th, 1969, Jerome Grossman called for a general strike if the Vietnam War had not ended by October. This strike developed into a national movement called The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam which occurred on October 15th, 1969. Kent State and the Vietnamese monks burning themselves alive, while interesting, are only [...]
College Students On the Homefront Fight for Their Peers and Their Beliefs
President Richard Nixon was elected under the belief that he was going to end the war in Vietnam but instead, close to a year after being elected, released information of the My Lai Massacre to the public after the war was ostensibly approaching the end. Since the war was encroaching on other countries many young [...]
Conclusion of the War
The war ended with a bang. President Nixon continued to defend his intentions and never admitted that he had mislead and misguided our nation. The Paris Peace Accord was the treaty signed recognizing total American withdrawal. Congress finally cut funding for the war in 1975. Unfortunately, it was one year too late, being one year [...]
