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Bedrolls & Sleeping Bags at W. Potomac Park: Mayday 1971

Part of the crowd of 40,000 that gathered at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1971 that would attempt a shutdown of the government two days later.

 

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 by John Bowden. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.

 

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Uploaded on October 26, 2014
Taken on May 1, 1971