I don't recall thw NSA event that Roz describes, but does anyone (Roz?) remember the Grand Central Station peace happening (not the Yip-in). It was put on by a collective of artists who lived (and I believe still live) around Stony Point (near Bear Mt.) NewYork. During rush hour, the artists, dressed as commuters, came into the station from all entrances with huge cardboard boxes. (This was winter, I recall, so they could easily pass for Xmas shoppers). Someone on the mezzanine had a tape player which he or she turned on and then hid so that where the sound was coming from was not conspicuous. Sounds of bombs, people screaming, etc. That was the signal for the folks with the boxes, who were standing around throughout the central concourse, to open the boxes. Helium balloons rose slowly to the ceiling each holding a huge hanging banner/sign painted "Peace" "Vietnam" "Resist" and stuff like that. At the sound of the taped bombings everything came to a stop. The police in the station ran around looking for the tape. This caught people's attention and then the balloons went up. There was quiet as people tried to figure out what was going on and then much cheering (and some booing) when the banners unfurled. The balloons stayed for days with their banners flying The media had been tipped off in advance to come to a peace happening in Grand Central so it was well documented. I wonder if anyone filmed it. It was great agit-prop, the kind of theatrical stuff that creative people were doing around the country. This must have been 67 or 68. Marty At 02:07 PM 12/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Who remembers an event for a large national gathering of the NSA is >Washington DC Maybe , at GWashington U, where in the middle of the event the >lights went out and sirens went off and a loud speaker told folks not to >move and something about the war in Vietnam, perhaps Newsreel film went on >with bombings, killings in Vietnam. It was an action put on by a group >called The American Playground one of the leaders was Dennis...............? > Can anyone fill in the info about this event and group. I was there and it >is a distant memory almost gone. > >>student activism & NSA> Marty Jezer * 22 Prospect Street * Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Website <http://www.sover.net/~mjez Subscribe to my Friday commentary (it's free), just send me your e-mail address by reply
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