March on the Pentagon

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti–Vietnam War protest ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ
protest march ⓘ
aim to confront the U.S. military establishment ⓘ
to demand an end to the Vietnam War ⓘ
to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1967-10-21 ⓘ
depictedIn The Armies of the Night ⓘ
linked to: Armies of the Night
describedBySource Norman Mailer ⓘ
endDate 1967-10-21 ⓘ
followedBy 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact became an iconic event of the 1960s protest era ⓘ
hasEffect increased media attention to the antiwar movement ⓘ
symbolized direct confrontation with the military ⓘ
hashtag March on the Pentagon ⓘ
hasParticipant Abbie Hoffman ⓘ
Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
Benjamin Spock ⓘ
David Dellinger ⓘ
Federal troops ⓘ
Jerry Rubin ⓘ
Noam Chomsky ⓘ
Norman Mailer ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
U.S. Army military police ⓘ
U.S. Marshals Service ⓘ
Yippies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Arlington County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Arlington County
location The Pentagon ⓘ
linked to: Pentagon

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject opposition to conscription in the United States ⓘ
peace movement in the United States ⓘ
notableEvent attempt to levitate the Pentagon ⓘ
numberOfParticipants over 50,000 ⓘ
tens of thousands of demonstrators ⓘ
opposedBy U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
U.S. federal government ⓘ
organizedBy National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
Stop the Draft Week organizers ⓘ
partOf 1960s antiwar movement ⓘ
American counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
precededBy 1965 March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam ⓘ
result clashes between protesters and military police ⓘ
mass arrests of demonstrators ⓘ
slogan Stop the War in Vietnam ⓘ
startDate 1967-10-21 ⓘ

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

Armies of the Night → centralEvent → March on the Pentagon ⓘ
March on the Pentagon → hashtag → March on the Pentagon ⓘ
Abbie Hoffman → notableEvent → Levitation of the Pentagon protest, 1967 ⓘ
linked to: March on the Pentagon
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam → organizedEvent → 1967 Fall Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: March on the Pentagon