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CLOSE-UP: An Anti-War Canvasser Reports By RONALD H. JANIS, October 16, 1969 When I entered the basement of Memorial Church at 8:30 yesterday morning to volunteer my services in canvassing Cambridge to drum up support for the Moratorium, I had all…

Ivy League Schools Hold Anti-War Marches, Rallies By THEODORE SEDGWICK, October 16, 1969 Moratorium participation was high at other Ivy League schools, with very few classes held and large numbers turning out for anti-war rallies. At Yale, an…

Million Mark Vietnam Moratorium In Nationwide and Boston Protests Rallies Peaceful; War Backers Fly Flags NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED October 16, 1969 At least a million Americans joined yesterday in the largest anti-war demonstration in the nation's…

One Thousand Protesters Attend a Candlelight Vigil By JEFFREY D. BLUM, October 16, 1969 Hundreds of candles flickered on the Cambridge Common last night as more than 1000 people participated in a vigil calling for an end to the Vietnam War. The…

"Oct. 15, 1969: The biggest demonstration in Boston's history happened on Vietnam Moratorium Day as an estimated 100,000 persons shouted in cadence on Boston Common that they wanted the Vietnam War ended "Now!""

"Oct. 15, 1969: Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, introduced by Harvard professor John Kenneth Galbraith, addressed the Moratorium Day crowd telling them, "We seek not to break the president, but to lift the terrible burden of war…

"Oct. 15, 1969: The Civil War monument, Soldiers' and Sailors', dedicated on Sept. 17, 1877, provided a vantage point for several onlookers in the Moratorium Day crowd."

"Oct. 15, 1969: Boston's African-American community remained largely uninvolved in the demonstration. Individual spokesmen said they preferred to focus on domestic injustices instead of on the war in Vietnam. Here, though, a small group rallied on…

"Oct. 15, 1969: These boys parade along Charles Street with American flags decorating the car and signs supporting the troops in Vietnam. Other drivers turned on their headlights to show support for the present policy in Vietnam."

"Oct. 15, 1969: As 100,000 persons moved off Boston Common in the late afternoon, a single fistfight broke out between several students arguing over the legitimacy of the protest."