2010.54.3308

The Massacre at Mylai [My Lai]
c. 1970
17.50 in HIGH x 23.12 in WIDE
(44.45 cm HIGH x 58.74 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.3308


Poster has a magenta background with magenta text. There is an image of a soldier in fatigues holding a rifle with black and yellow figures surrounding him, representing dead men, women and children. Poster reads, "From the land of the free and the home of the brave, came the heroic men of/ The Massacre at Mylai/ Don't ignore the "silent majority" -- educate them with the truth."The "silent majority" refers to the term used by President Richard Nixon to mean the loyal patriotic Americans that were not out in the streets making trouble - in other words, his politicval base. [LMC]
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