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\"October <\/a>
October 15, 1969: Student David Wald in march on Pitt campus (Edward A. Frank\/Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"March <\/a>
March 27, 1966: Peace pickets chant, sing folk songs at Pittsburgh. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"October <\/a>
October 19, 1969: War protesters stream down the Boulevard of the Allies. (Donald J. Stetzer\/Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"November <\/a>
November 23, 1969: Ted Johnson, left, of Bellevue, and Bill Archer of Mt. Lebanon stand at the corner of Fifth and Smithfield to speak out for the boys in Vietnam. (Ross A. Catanza\/Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"November <\/a>
November 15,1969: Laurie Rotman of Squirrel Hill and Steve McCarthy of Mt. Lebanon, supporters of the Vietnam Moratorium demonstration downtown. (Edward A. Frank\/Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"November <\/a>
November 15,1969: Laurie Rotman of Squirrel Hill and Steve McCarthy of Mt. Lebanon, supporters of the Vietnam Moratorium demonstration downtown. (Edward A. Frank\/Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"December <\/a>
December 29, 1966: A noon standoff near Liberty Ave between members of The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 76 and those in opposition to the war. (Pittsburgh Press photo) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"November <\/a>
November 14, 1969: Peace marchers gear up for a trip to Washington. (Michael Chikiris\/Pittsburgh Press) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

A quiet September day in 1969 at South Hills High School turned chaotic when roughly 100 out-of-state \u201chippie type\u201d girls, as described by the Pittsburgh Press, rolled up in cars to stage a Vietnam War protest.<\/p>\n

\u201cJail break! Shut down the school!\u201d they urged in an attempt to get students to leave class and join the anti-war movement.<\/p>\n

The girls, waving Viet Cong flags, went as far as to punch teachers and run around half naked before fleeing the school grounds.<\/p>\n

Twenty teens were arrested, though officials remained unsure why South Hills was targeted for the demonstration.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s anti-war demonstrations did not garner the same numbers as those in Washington, New York, or San Francisco, but that doesn\u2019t mean Steel City residents were silent about their thoughts on the war in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Thousands of Pittsburghers spoke out in various ways throughout the 1960s and early \u201870s, organizing marches and protests in downtown Pittsburgh and local college campuses.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As reflected in letters to the editor printed in The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh natives serving in Vietnam had mixed reactions to the demonstrations taking place both here and throughout America.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat has irritated me and many others are Americans protesting against our being here and publicly demonstrating,\u201d PFC Chester Austin Jr. wrote from Vietnam. \u00a0He, like other soldiers, commended Pittsburgh for not speaking out against the war as actively as other American cities, but he was still disturbed by American anti-war sentiment.<\/p>\n

Not all demonstrators took an anti-war stand. Protesters often found themselves in standoffs with those determined to express their admiration and support for troops abroad.<\/p>\n

The largest rallies took place in 1969, where thousands took to the streets Downtown during the evening rush hour with hopes of attracting much attention.<\/p>\n

Professors, housewives, students without beards, and veterans made appearances at all of these rallies, showing that young \u201chippie types\u201d \u2014 like those at South Hills High School \u2014 were not the only ones spearheading anti-war protests in and around Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A quiet September day in 1969 at South Hills High School turned chaotic.<\/p>\n

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