When Jacob Coxey's army marched into Washington, DC in 1894, observers didn't know what to make of this concerted effort by citizens to use the capital for national public protest. By 1971, however, when thousands marched to protest the war in Vietnam, what had once been outside the political order had become a routine gesture in American political culture. An erudite history of marching on Washington, this text explains how this political tactic began as something unacceptable and gradually became legitimate. The author ...
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When Jacob Coxey's army marched into Washington, DC in 1894, observers didn't know what to make of this concerted effort by citizens to use the capital for national public protest. By 1971, however, when thousands marched to protest the war in Vietnam, what had once been outside the political order had become a routine gesture in American political culture. An erudite history of marching on Washington, this text explains how this political tactic began as something unacceptable and gradually became legitimate. The author shows how these highly visible events contributed to the development of a broader and more inclusive view of American citizenship and transformed the capital from the exclusive domain of politicians and officials into a national stage for American citizens to participate directly in national politics.
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The use of Washington DC as a public sphere for protests, rather than ceremonies, got it's start with Coxey's Army in 1894. The group wanted to end the misery of unemployed workers by building roads and new community centers throughout the US. They, of course, were vilified as socialists and prevented from using the Capital Grounds. Among the other marches covered by this work are those of the Suffragists, the Bonus Army, the Civil Rights Marches, and the Anti-war marches. As the author goes through the various marches, she shows the progressive acceptance of the use of marches for political purposes.