Assignment 4- Vietnam Protests

This pictures captures the biggest demonstration ever held in America.  In 1969, two million people from all over the country gathered in Washington D.C. to protest the Vietnam War. It was the Tet Offensive in 1968 that really changed America's psychological feelings towards the war. During this battle, American's came to the unsettling and unfamiliar realization that they were involved in a war they could not win. It was a wake up call for most. The American's who swallowed their pride, protested in a demonstration that allowed American Government and war officials to understand the capability of the Vietnamese as well as America's unnecessary presence in Vietnam. The protest shaped America's self-image from unstoppable and ignorant to humble and humanitarian. It was a much needed reality check that although the headstrong are unwilling to admit, benefitted the country.