Texas Tech University

Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA002548
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: August 1973
General Note
Gainesville Eight Trial August 1973 Gainesville, Fla. Members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) engage in a bit of media theater outside the Gainesville Sun Newspaper offices. Hundreds of Vietnam veterans and sympathizers converged on the small college town of Gainesville, Florida to show their support for 7 Vietnam vets and 1 civilian supporter who were on trial by the U.S. government for allegdly plotting to violently disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. All 8 defendants were found innocent. Photo by Bryan Grigsby

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA002548

Citation
Photograph, VA002548. August 1973, Bryan Grigsby Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA002548, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA002548, Bryan Grigsby Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 03 Apr 2003 [Updated: 03 Apr 2003]