Banner

Object number2012.67.1

Date1966-1969

Mediumwoven paper; wood; ink; graphite

Credit LineGift of David Hughes

DescriptionProtest banner made of reinforced crepe paper.DimensionsHeight x Width: 100 × 120 in. (254 × 304.8 cm)
InscriptionsBlack hand-painted text "STOP NIXON / END THE WAR".

Handwritten text in pencil below the "W" in "WAR" reads "STOP NIXON".
Historical NotesAnti-Vietnam war banner from the late 1960s. The banners were made by brothers David Hughes and Dan Hughes, both active in the anti-war movement in Pittsburgh in the 1960s and 1970s. David became active in the movement during his freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh in 1964/1965. The banner was used in several demonstrations to protest the war.

Related person Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 - 1994)

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