Another march on Washington 40 years ago...another story if you can stand it!

I was 23, living in DC while my husband was in Vietnam. I was living with 5 college classmates in SW Washington a few blocks from the Mall. On this particular Saturday morning we decided to clean the townhouse. I was wearing a pair of grubby jeans and my hair was quite long at the time...in other words, I probably looked a little like a hippie.

There was a march on Washington that day, probably sponsored by the wingnut grandparents of the folks who are marching today. It was called the "Honor America March" I think. It was meant to support the awful war in Vietnam.

I broke from cleaning to walk down to our neighborhood service station to pick up my car. I got to the station at about the same time the march was breaking up and there were wingnuts arriving to pick up their cars. I was standing waiting for my car when a family of 6 walked up to me and the man began yelling at me saying "you are just the kind of people we're marching against." His face was red and hateful.

I was shocked but did have the presence of mind to say to him "And you are the very people that my husband is in Vietnam fighting for? From the looks of you, I think that's probably a big mistake."

Thankfully, my car arrived and I left them in the dust.

Kinda like today, except in reverse.

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