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title: 'Grant Park, Chicago: demonstrator and National Guard (Democratic convention)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chicago-grant-park-national-guard-1968/
description: A young man stands facing a line of helmeted National Guard soldiers with fixed bayonets, across from the Hilton Hotel at Grant Park.
section: Collection
---

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# Grant Park, Chicago: demonstrator and National Guard (Democratic convention)

A young man stands facing a line of helmeted National Guard soldiers with fixed bayonets, across from the Hilton Hotel at Grant Park. Signs in the crowd read "MAKE LOVE NOT WAR" and "DUMP THE HUMP". One names love against war without terms; the other is a nickname for the Democratic nominee.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MAKE LOVE NOT WAR
DUMP THE HUMP
HUMP
CHICAGO
NATIONAL GUARD
```

"CHICAGO" is cut off at the left edge. "NATIONAL GUARD" is stenciled on helmets. Other signs in the crowd are not legible.

[← TASS International Service, 'Occupation Progress', broadcast (Moscow, August 22, 1968; FBIS transcript)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tass-occupation-progress-radio-moscow-1968/) ["Die Unbesiegbaren" (The Unconquerable): Billhardt Vietnam exhibition billboard, East Berlin →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-die-unbesiegbaren-billhardt-billboard-1968/)

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