Protest at the People's House - Photo 7

This photograph was taken near the intersection of Vermont and H Street NW (looking south to Lafayette Square). D.C. Transit buses were parked along H Street to create a perimeter around Lafayette Park. The measure was taken to keep anti-war protestors away from the White House. On May 9, 1970, some 100,000 protestors marched throughout Washington to rally against President Nixon's decision to expand the Vietnam war into neighboring Cambodia.