---
title: 'The Vietnam War, December 31, 1971: may it rest in peace'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unsell-the-war-vietnam-war-tombstone-1971/
description: Photograph of a gravestone in snow, inscribed "The Vietnam War / December 31, 1971", above the line "may it rest in peace".
section: Collection
---

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# The Vietnam War, December 31, 1971: may it rest in peace

Photograph of a gravestone in snow, inscribed "The Vietnam War / December 31, 1971", above the line "may it rest in peace". The tell is the borrowed funeral convention: an epitaph and a date are used to present the end of the war by a set date as a settled outcome, with the sponsor's New York box address at the foot.

## Text on the object

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

```
THE VIETNAM WAR
DECEMBER 31, 1971
may it rest in peace
HELP UNSELL THE WAR   BOX 903, FDR STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
```

Read from a 1024 px LoC scan; the inscription is legible and the dotted stone carvings carry no text.

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