Susquehanna University - 1960 to 1969

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This collection contains the archive of documents, photographs, and brief publications and correspondence revolving around the evolution of Susquehanna University from 1960 through 1969.
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The Draft
The Draft
Draft protests, Students, Vietnam War, Susquehanna University, Draft resisters
U.S. military involvement was on the rise in the late 1960s and so was opposition to the draft. A bill was introduced to end the draft in 1969 and this Crusader article encouraged students to do all they could to support the abolishment. An all voluteer military was established in 1973.
Peace March
Peace March
Student movements, Vietnam War, Demonstrations, Washington, D.C., Susquehanna University
In the fall of 1969, a number of Susquehanna University faculty and students participated in a march on Washington calling for an end to the war in Vietnam. This was one of many protests during the later years of the war.
Student Protest
Student Protest
Student movements, Vietnam War, Susquehanna University
In the Spring of 1969, Sunbury held a "Loyalty Day" parade sponsored by the local VFW. Thirty to forty Susquehanna University students attended the parade with the intent of holding a sort of counter demonstration. The students felt that an individual's loyalty to their country should not blind them to what they see as the faults of their nation. Once there, students were greeted by police, fire engines with high pressure hoses directed at them , and onlookers yelling bitter profanity. The incident is described in this Crusader article.
Vietnam
Vietnam
Opinions, Vietnam War, Susquehanna University, Finnegan, Susan.
The United States' role in the Vietnam War escalated in the 1960s. Deployment of combat troops began in 1965 and by 1968 the war had reached its peak. The war impacted America's counter-culture youth and the country was divided in its opinions on involvement. Susan Finnegan's opinion piece reflects her pro-involvement stance in 1965.
Vietnam
Vietnam
Simmons, Edwin, Vietnam War, Speakers, Seibert Hall, Susquehanna University.
The United States' involvement in the Vietnam War began in the early 1960s and reached a high level by 1968. Many Americans disagreed with the country's role in the war. In the spring of 1968, General Edwin Simmons of the USMC, who had previously served in World War II and Korea, presented a program in Seibert Hall, on the U.S. military's role in Vietnam. Notice the plug for the light-hearted comic opera "Pirates of Penzance" sharing the page with this most serious topic.