1967 March on the Pentagon

March on the Pentagon
Part of the opposition to the Vietnam War
Protesters face troops guarding the Pentagon
Date	October 21, 1967
Location	Washington D.C., United States
Goals	Attempted levitation of the Pentagon
Resulted in	Protesters disbanded
Parties
Protesters National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam Government 82nd Airborne Division Military Police Corps U.S. Marshals Service
Lead figures
David Dellinger Abbie Hoffman Allen Ginsberg Jerry Rubin Gary Snyder Michael Bowen Lt. Gen. Richard J. Seitz
Number
100,000 attendees (50,000 marchers)

The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War that took place on October 21, 1967. The event began with more than 100,000 protesters at a rally near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Later about 50,000 people marched across the Potomac River to the Pentagon and sparked a confrontation with U.S. Army paratroopers who were standing guard there. The demonstrations were highly polarizing, and also produced the famous photograph of a protester placing flowers in a paratroopers' rifle.^[1]

Following a concert by Phil Ochs, as well as speeches from David Dellinger and Dr. Benjamin Spock,^[2] around 50,000 of those attending were then led by social activist Abbie Hoffman and marched from the Lincoln Memorial to The Pentagon in nearby Arlington, Virginia to participate in a second rally.^[3]