1967 March on the Pentagon

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The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a major anti–Vietnam War protest in Washington, D.C., where thousands of demonstrators attempted to symbolically confront and "exorcise" the U.S. military establishment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti–Vietnam War protest ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ
protest march ⓘ
authorOfDescription Norman Mailer ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
date 1967-10-21 ⓘ
describedIn The Armies of the Night ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the Night
endDate 1967-10-21 ⓘ
followedBy 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
hasCause Opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
hasEffect increased media attention to the antiwar movement ⓘ
mass arrests ⓘ
radicalization of segments of the antiwar movement ⓘ
hasGenre nonviolent protest ⓘ
hasRepresentationIn documentary films about the Vietnam War ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1960s ⓘ
location Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
Pentagon ⓘ
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area ⓘ
mainSubject Vietnam War ⓘ
mediaCoverage television news in the United States ⓘ
notableFeature attempt to levitate the Pentagon ⓘ
confrontation between protesters and military police ⓘ
symbolic exorcism of the Pentagon ⓘ
numberOfParticipants 100000 ⓘ
50000 ⓘ
opponent United States Department of Defense ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
military police ⓘ
organizer National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
The Mobe ⓘ
participant Abbie Hoffman ⓘ
Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Benjamin Spock ⓘ
David Dellinger ⓘ
Jerry Rubin ⓘ
Noam Chomsky ⓘ
Norman Mailer ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
Yippies ⓘ
antiwar activists ⓘ
partOf 1960s antiwar movement ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
precededBy 1965 March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam ⓘ
significance major turning point in U.S. public protest against the Vietnam War ⓘ
slogan Stop the War in Vietnam ⓘ
startDate 1967-10-21 ⓘ
usedMethod civil disobedience ⓘ
march ⓘ
sit-in ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armies of the Night → subject → 1967 March on the Pentagon ⓘ
May 1968 protests in France → contemporaryWith → Vietnam War protests ⓘ
linked to: 1967 March on the Pentagon
History as a Novel, the Novel as History → associatedEvent → 1967 March on the Pentagon ⓘ
Book One: History as a Novel → subject → 1967 March on the Pentagon ⓘ
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam → organizedEvent → 1967 Spring Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: 1967 March on the Pentagon
anti–Vietnam War movement → notableEvent → 1967 March on the Pentagon ⓘ