Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a large demonstration against United States involvement in the Vietnam War that took place across the United States on October 15, 1969. The Moratorium developed from Jerome Grossman's April 20 1969 call for a general strike if the war had not concluded by October. David Hawk and Sam Brown, who had previous worked on the unsuccessful 1968 presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy, changed the concept to a less radical moratorium and began to publicize the event, aided by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.

By the standards of previous anti-war demonstrations, the event was a clear success, with millions participating. Boston was the site of the largest turnout; about 100,000 attended a speech by anti-war Senator George McGovern.