George Harris 1967

[Ichingcarpenter]

George Harris was a young actor from New York, and was about 18 years old when this famous picture was taken. During a 1967 march protesting the Viet Nam war at the Pentagon, protesters were quickly surrounded by Federal troops. They formed a semi circle, with their guns pointed at the demonstrators. It was then that Harris put flowers in the barrels of the soldiers’ guns to try to defuse the situation. Photographer Bernie Boston snapped the picture, which has become a celebrated image of the 1960s antiwar movement. In 1982 he died of AIDS.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Thanks for posting.

:thumbsup:

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I had a High School friend that was there that day

I never knew the history of the guy in the photo

[dipsydoodle]

3. It sure a lot more cheerful

than pictures of Kent State.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. It could have been another Kent State that day

but went the other way

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Armies of the Night.

I had no idea he died so young.