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Eisenhowers explains his "domino theory"
It was President Eisenhower who first put forth the thought that if communists take over a given country, then the next country nearby may fall, and then the next, and the next. The system of communism as an existential threat to American values and our very way of life. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf resloution granted broad military powers to President Johnson without delcaring war. Military planners had developed a detailed design for major attacks on the North, but at that time President Lyndon B. Johnson and his advisers feared that the public would not support an expansion of the war. -
Tet Offensive
Over 80,000 Vietcong troops emerged from their tunnels and attacked nearly every major metropolitan canter in South Vietnam. It made people realize that that what the government was talling them was false. -
My Lai Massacre
American soldiers opened fire on several hundred women and children. They killed 300-500 innocent women and children. This caused a mortal outrage that swept through the anti-war movement. -
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Festival was a three-day concert (which rolled into a fourth day) that involved lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll - plus a lot of mud. The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 has become an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture. -
Kent State Incident
At Kent State University in Ohio, protesters launched a demonstration that included setting fire to the ROTC building, prompting the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus. During an altercation on May 4, twenty-eight guardsmen opened fire on a crowd, killing four students and wounding nine. -
Fall of Saigon
Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnamese forces. The fall of Saigon effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War.
