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2024-06-17 11:11:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 896984FD1125F18ECAD84B96BC77348CDFCA6B4C010C420A2D10D280BF14811C
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Cronkite's remarks in 1968 did not cause Anti-war sentiment. By 1967 Americans were already becoming weary by the lack of progress in Vietnam: https://vandvreader.org/report-from-vietnam-february-27-1968/#:~:text=Cronkite's%20remarks%20did%20not%20create,had%20been%20on%20the%20rise. On October 21, 1967 one of the largest protests took place at the Lincoln Memorial (approx. 100,000 people): https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests
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