Posted 8 years ago
PoliticalP…
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4 more Vietnam buttons.
1st - PEACE The not-so-silent Spring, 1.75 diameter, Celluloid.
The original “Silent Spring” refers to a future season when singing birds and other animals have been wiped out by insecticides, in Vietnam it was Napalm and Agent Orange, The NOT SO Silent Spring refers to the heating up of the protests of the Vietnam war in 1969 1970 with the Days of Rage, The Weathermen bombings and the idea that it was time to bring the war home.
2nd - SEND HERSHEY TO VIETNAM 1.5 diameter, Lithograph.
The draft resistance urging Lewis Blaine Hershey the Director of the Selective Service System to be sent to Vietnam.
3rd - No more Koreas WIN in VIET NAM, 1.5 diameter, Lithograph. c1962
4th - BRING US TOGETHER Americans for Amnesty, 1.75 diameter, Lithograph.
I really like the Not So Silent Spring. Thanks for the explanation.
Happy to racer4