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.
- Date
- 1971
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Committee to Help Unsell the War (New York)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Nixon Administration
- Leader
- Richard Nixon
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- U.S. publication without copyright notice; LoC: no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Text on the object
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.
