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Gessert Jr., Sherman A. (fl. 1966) Make Love, Not War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09795.02 Author/Creator: Gessert Jr., Sherman A. (fl. 1966) Place Written: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Type: Photograph Date: 16 April 1966 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 19.7 x 27.0 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph by Sherman A. Gessert, Jr. dated April 16, 1966. Shows Vietnam antiwar protestors carrying signs reading "Make Love, Not War," "Slay Away With LBJ," and "Kill for Peace." Protestors demonstrated at a parade sponsored by the Allied Veterans Council of Milwaukee County in support of the war. Saluting sailors are visible in the foreground. Photograph appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Gessert Jr., Sherman A., fl. 1966

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