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04-19-2016, 07:30 PM
When weed activists held a massive '*****-in' on the National Mall
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In the summer of 1970, the United States was at a moment of deep disharmony, with a pervasive sense of national outrage surrounding the bombing of Cambodia and the Kent State massacre
Supporters of President Nixon decided to organize an “Ho**r America Day” rally for the Fourth of July, and enlisted comedian Bob Hope and evangelist Billy Graham to help.
Though the ostensible purpose of the gathering was to express a sense of national unity and patriotism, many felt it was little more than a pro-war rally.
When the 50,000-person rally kicked off on Independence Day, it was met by several thousand counter-protesters, who staged a "*****-in" and called for the legalization of marijuana and the end of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/1970-*****-in/)
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In the summer of 1970, the United States was at a moment of deep disharmony, with a pervasive sense of national outrage surrounding the bombing of Cambodia and the Kent State massacre
Supporters of President Nixon decided to organize an “Ho**r America Day” rally for the Fourth of July, and enlisted comedian Bob Hope and evangelist Billy Graham to help.
Though the ostensible purpose of the gathering was to express a sense of national unity and patriotism, many felt it was little more than a pro-war rally.
When the 50,000-person rally kicked off on Independence Day, it was met by several thousand counter-protesters, who staged a "*****-in" and called for the legalization of marijuana and the end of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/1970-*****-in/)
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