Five hundred thousand people protest anti War in DC, 1971

[nmbluesky]

[Drunken Irishman]

1. WITHOUT the easily accessible internet to spread the message.

[Stardust]

2. 150K of us protested in San Francisco (but we were overshadowed by our

brothers and sisters in DC.) I can't imagine what would have to occur to get those numbers protesting anything in this country now.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. BUT we did get 1 million-plus in Jan. 2009.

;)

[niyad]

3. your title is a bit confusing--surely this was an anti-war protest, not a protest against the anti-

war protestors?

[OutNow]

5. April 24 - Yup I was there

There were so many people you couldn't get near enough to hear most of the speeches. I don't mean that you couldn't get near the speaker's platform, I mean you couldn't even get within a block or two.

The major message for the day was "Out Now". I liked the slogan so much I still use it today.

[era veteran]

6. I was there and heard it may have had a lot more people

than estimated. A hundred thousand people yelling 'Fuck Hoover' was impressive. Regardless many times more than the beck-a-thon.