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
- Date
- August 29, 1968
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Grant Park (photograph by Warren K. Leffler for U.S. News & World Report)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 5, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. News staff photo; LoC: no known restrictions)
Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-40810.
Text on the object
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.
