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Taking a Hit in West Potomac Park: Mayday 1971

Two men share a pipe in West Potomac Park during a rock concert in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. May 1, 1971 two days before the attempt to close down the government by halting cars and buses coming into the city.

 

The Mayday Tribe organized an attempt to shut down the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. in protest of the continued war in Indochina May 3-5, 1971.

 

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May 5: coming soon

 

Photo is uncredited. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.

 

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Taken on May 1, 1971