Time Magazine
Protest: The Wrong Place
Friday, Apr. 08, 1966

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Time Magazine
Protest: The Wrong Place
Friday, Apr. 08, 1966

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"The handful of youngsters who actively oppose the nation's draft seem intent on making a public display of their protest. So far, the public has been remarkably forbearing of their demonstrations, but last week the Vietniks picked the wrong place to stage a protest: South Boston. There, the predominantly Irish inhabitants not only retain a good bit of the rough and tumble of their immigrant ancestors but take most unkindly to unpatriotic displays. Trouble was in the air as eleven Viet Nam demonstrators reached the steps of the South Boston courthouse, where two of them calmly burned their draft..."

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“Time Magazine
Protest: The Wrong Place
Friday, Apr. 08, 1966,” Effect of Vietnam War in Boston, Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://brianavessells.omeka.net/items/show/78.