October 15, 1969. Millions marched to protest the Vietnam War.
Forty-one years ago today, I was working at a radio station, recently graduated from college and married for just a month. Barry and Rob marched in parades held in Springfield and Amherst, Massachusetts. I burned a candle at my desk.
What we didn't know then was the war would last 6 more years. The following May, students would be killed at Kent State by Ohio National Guards. We still had to look forward to Nixon, Watergate, a draft lottery, and more war.
My friend Michael was already dead by October 15, '69. Johnny was not. He was alive that day, but not for long.
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