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  • Subject is exactly "Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements"

Burlington Anti-War Protest

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A group of people sits on the steps of Burlington City Hall during an anit-war rally. Marc Estrin is using a microphone.

Oral history interview with Bill Lippert

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Bill Lippert speaks of growing up in rural Pennsylvania, the gay son of an Evangelical United Brethren minister; of the influence of his aunt, Mary Alice Lippert, a teacher in Sierra Leone, and of his college years at Earlham College, a Quaker…

Oral history interview with Caitlin Adair

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Caitlin Adair describes growing up in the Midwest, attending college at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and her involvement with the anti-war movement. She speaks of moving with her husband to New York City for two years, then seeking a more…

Oral history interview with Charles Martin

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Charles Martin describes growing up in an Anabaptist tradition in Hershey, Pennsylvania and his rebellious decision to attend Norwich University, a military university, in 1964. He discusses his changed perspectives about the Vietnam War and also…

Oral history interview with Chip Troiano

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Chip (Joseph Jr.) Troiano speaks of his years serving in Vietnam in the 11th Armored Cavalry, in an Aero-Rifle Platoon (ARP), and later, in a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP). He describes his training, missions, equipment, and returning home…

Oral history interview with Don Mayer

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Don Mayer describes growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, attending Reform synagogues, and becoming politically active in high school, particularly in anti-war demonstrations. He continued his activism at the University of Illinois, becoming involved…

Oral history interview with Elka Schumann

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Elka Schumann speaks of her early childhood in the Soviet Union, her family’s departure to New York City in advance of the German occupation of the Soviet Union in 1941, and, after the war, living in Berlin, Germany where her father, John Scott,…

Oral history interview with Gene Bergman

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Gene Bergman describes growing up in New Rochelle, New York, school desegregation, anti-war demonstrations, and his fond memories of Maria Sanders, the family's housekeeper, who influenced his view of the civil rights movement. In the bulk of the…

Oral history interview with Jennifer Boyer

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Jennifer Boyer speaks attending Beloit College, where she took part in anti-war demonstrations, dropping out and spending a summer in Europe, where she found out about Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. She enrolled at Goddard College in 1971,…

Oral history interview with Lee and Bob Light

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Lee and Bob Light describe their background in New Jersey and marriage in 1962 when Lee graduated from high school. They speak of how involvement in the anti-war movement and other influences resulted in their decision move to Plainfield, Vermont, in…

Oral history interview with Loraine Janowski

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Loraine Janowski speaks of growing up in Rutland, Vermont, her move to Cambridge, Massachusetts, participating in anti-war protests, and then returning to Vermont to live at the Maple Hill Commune in Plainfield. She describes founding Mullein Hill…

Oral history interview with Louise Andrews

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Louise Andrews speaks growing up in the Boston area, becoming pregnant as a teenager, getting married and following her husband, Charles Pratt, as he pursued his academic career. She discusses the isolation of raising a child in student housing, and…