The exhibit opened at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs on Veterans Day. Coordinated by Professor Linda Yarr, the exhibit and symposia had eight university co-sponsors and nine outside organization sponsors. The opening reception and an all-day symposium were featured on C-SPAN.
(Please hyperlink) The GW book launch opened with a performance of Vietnamese music by Dr. Ngô Thanh Nhàn and remarks by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour M. Hersh; Iraq War Resister Navy Petty Officer Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr., author of Anti-War Soldier: How to Dissent Within the Ranks of the Military; Vietnam War resister Lt. Susan Schnall; and Vietnam War combat resister William Short.
A week-long program accompanying the exhibit included a film festival, a poetry workshop, a reenactment of the iconic legal case concerning soldiers’ rights to dissent, Cortright v. Resor, and a forum on the 1969 Moratorium and Mobilization marches organized by the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee. A candlelight march to the White House recalled the November 15, 1969, March Against Death.
Read the winning essay from an essay contest that took place through this event here.
And, be sure to view C-SPAN coverage of the event programs here.
