Actions for Battle green Vietnam : the 1971 march on Concord, Lexington, and Boston
Battle green Vietnam : the 1971 march on Concord, Lexington, and Boston / Elise Lemire
- Author
- Lemire, Elise Virginia
- Published
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Access Online
- Contents
- Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction. The Power of Place and Performance -- Chapter 1. Paul Revere's Ride -- Chapter 2. Minute Men Statues -- Chapter 3. Memorial War Obelisks -- Chapter 4. Battle Roads and Fields -- Chapter 5. Historical Reenactment -- Chapter 6. Memorial Day -- Epilogue. Memorializing the Vietnam War -- Abbreviations of Sources and Organizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
- Summary
- Based on more than one hundred interviews with participants and accompanied by nearly forty photographs and maps, Battle Green Vietnam tells the story of the 1971 antiwar protest by Vietnam veterans that resulted in the largest mass arrest in Massachusetts history.
- Subject(s)
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War
- 1775-1999
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Protest movements—Massachusetts
- Protest movements—Massachusetts—History—20th century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Veterans—United States
- War memorials—Political aspects—Massachusetts—History—20th century
- War memorials—Social aspects—Massachusetts—History—20th century
- Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975—Contestation—Massachusetts
- Contestation—Massachusetts—Histoire—20e siècle
- Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975—Anciens combattants—États-Unis
- Monuments aux morts—Aspect politique—Massachusetts—Histoire—20e siècle
- Monuments aux morts—Aspect social—Massachusetts—Histoire—20e siècle
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Monuments—Political aspects
- Protest movements
- Veterans
- War memorials—Political aspects
- Massachusetts—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Monuments—Political aspects
- Massachusetts—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Monuments—Social aspects
- Massachusetts—Histoire—1775-1783 (Révolution)—Monuments—Aspect politique
- Massachusetts—Histoire—1775-1783 (Révolution)—Monuments—Aspect social
- Massachusetts
- United States
- American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0812297954 electronic book
9780812297959 (electronic bk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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