Battle Green Vietnam: The 1971 March on Concord, Lexington, and Boston

by Elise Lemire

Book Overview

In the spring of 1971, the largest mass arrest in Massachusetts history unfolded at a site nationally celebrated as the birthplace of freedom and democracy. With peace efforts at a standstill, the New England chapter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War had organized an event to rouse public support for their cause. Over the course of the long Memorial Day weekend, a band of more than two hundred young, fatigue-clad veterans sounded the alarm for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812252977
• ISBN13: 9780812252972
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"