Pinback button issued for a march on Washington in protest of the Vietnam War, 1969. Litho. In the largest antiwar demonstration in history to that time, over a million people marched on Washington in November 1969, prompting President Nixon to respond with his "Silent Majority" speech, in which he argued that "peace with honor" was the goal of his administration, a policy that led to a huge escalation in the conflict.
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