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Title:Description:Members of peace groups from New York City, including the Episcopal and Catholic Peace Fellowships, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and students and faculty from Union Theological Seminary, gather in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, for a brief memorial service for those killed in Vietnam.Creator:Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Peace Fellowship., Episcopal Peace Fellowship., Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)Topics:Anti-war demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150141
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Title:Description:Following a brief memorial service in Lafayette Park for those killed in Vietnam, about 150 demonstrators crossed Pennsylvania Avenue and tried to gain access to the White House to deliver a list of Vietnamese dead to the President. Denied admittance, the group staged a "lie-in" on the driveway.Creator:Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Peace Fellowship., Episcopal Peace Fellowship., Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)Topics:Anti-war demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149874
