Name/Title
Brunswick Police in Riot GearEntry/Object ID
2010.3.326Description
A B/W photograph of Brunswick police in riot gear on Maine Street. Photo was published 10/23/1970. The photo was taken "last summer" (1969). Photo taken during Vietnam War protests on the Mall. Undated
Note from Steve McCausland, former spokesperson for Maine Department of Public Safety: "July of 1970. The crowd of 200 were protesting a local ordinance, enacted by the town council, that prohibited the playing of football and frisbees on the downtown mall. That ordinance was later repealed. Although the protests took place during the height of Vietnam War unrest, the Brunswick incident had nothing to do with that conflict."Collection
History Committee of TopshamLexicon
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Bath-Brunswick (Me) Times Record, The Mall, Brunswick Mall, Mall, Brunswick, Streets - Maine, Riots, Students protest