Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Moratorium candle march to the White House, 1969 US photograph: A nighttime procession carries candles toward the White House

Moratorium candle march to the White House (15 October 1969)

A nighttime procession carries candles toward the White House. A sign reads "PEACE NOW". Candles, a form used at vigils, are carried as the march. The Library's caption identifies the woman at the front, holding a candle, as Coretta Scott King.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

TransferGlittering generalities
Date
October 15, 1969
Period
Cold War
Made by
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam (candle march; photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, Warren K. Leffler or Thomas J. O'Halloran for U.S. News & World Report)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
Movement
Regime
Nixon Administration
Leader
Richard Nixon
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes
War and the military, Home front
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)
U.S. News & World Report staff (Trikosko, Leffler or O'Halloran). Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-06479.

Text on the object

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

PEACE NOW

One sign is legible. No other wording in the frame was read.

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