The New Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam (New Mobe) publishes a two-page 8 ½ x 11 flyer outlining the activities of a March Against Death November 13-15, 1969 involving upwards of 45,000 protesters each carrying the name of a slain U.S. soldier or a village destroyed in Vietnam.
The two-day protest began at Arlington Cemetery, wound past the White House where each demonstrator carrying a single candle called out the name of the dead and then proceeded to the Capitol.
The event involved more than 45,000—one for each U.S. soldier that had been killed in Vietnam up to that point in time. The march was done by state with each state having at least as many marchers as soldiers who were killed in Vietnam from that state.
The March Against Death was part of the second Moratorium against the war—where a nationwide strike involving several million people across the country took place.
Following the two-day procession, 500,000 people marched in Washington to protest the war.
Mass protests against the war ultimately turned U.S. policy toward withdrawal of troops, although it took demonstrations from 1965 until 1973 before all combat troops were withdrawn.
North Vietnamese and allied southern militia units ultimately defeated the South Vietnamese government April 30, 1975 and reunified the country.
For a PDF of this 8 ½ x 11, two-sided flyer, see washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1969-1...
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsk9riRMa
Original held in the American University Library -- Special Collections. Local Identifier SC_Frazier_F_0018a