See website: Anti-War Protests
Draft dodgers.
See website: Anti-War Protests
Dove(s)
Jackson State
The silent majority disagreed with the antiwar protesters but rarely discussed their opinions publicly.
The United States experienced two eras of massive "anti-war" protesters: The US Civil War and Vietnam War; both of which were actually "anti-draft" protesting, under the disguise of anti "war." The vast majority of protesters were "draft aged males" and associated persons (personal friends, wives, girlfriends, mothers, etc.). All US wars have had some anti-war protesting, from the Mexican War of 1846 thru the American Indian wars, even WWI & and very quietly the Second World War, but only the American Civil War in the 1800s (19th century) had military conscription, consequently the "draft riots" (anti-war protesters).
Radical protestors during the Vietnam era often burned their draft cards. American involvement in Vietnam began in 1955, and the war ended in 1975 during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
The Vietnam War was a terrible war throughout the 1960's and 1970's. It was located in Vietnam, in southeast Asia. This war was not declared a war until long after it had finished, but was officially a 'police action'. On many levels it tore the US apart: * Veterans were not given recognition * Protesters disrupted colleges and other institutions * Police brutality was rampant * The government withheld vital information from the public * The body count (on both sides) was horrendous
War protesters.
998,742 people
Anti-war demonstration and draft resistance protesters.
They probably fuelled the protesters, as they did in the US.
Draft dodgers, Doves, Hippies, Protesters, etc.
Patriots or supporters of the war would get the same treatment as the GI's did from the anti-war protesters.
They burned their draft cards.
The war was wrong. It never was a war, but a police action and men were drafted to fight in an illegal undeclared war.
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Abbie Hoffman
They've been pardoned and are free from any charges.
No. Kerry never was tried or convicted of a crime.