The
student activist group
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held its first anti-Vietnam War protest rally in
Washington, DC. 12,000-20,000 attended, including
Joan Baez,
Judy Collins, and
Phil Ochs. Senator
Ernest Gruening of
Alaska, a
World War I veteran and one of the two senators who voted against the
Tonkin Gulf Resolution that gave credence to the direct combat role of the
U.S. in the Vietnam War and allowed bombing of Vietnam without prior Congressional approval, spoke. After the speeches and music the crowd started to move toward the
Capitol, down the
National Mall from the
Washington Monument. Baez and others intercepted the impromptu march. ==See also==