"A group of young Vietnam war veterans has seized the Statue of Liberty. They're going to stay there, they say, to remind the American people the war is still going on."
– From the diary of politician and activist Bella Abzug on Dec. 28, 1971
From 'New York Diaries' edited by Teresa Carpenter, 10 stories of New York City through the centuries.
"A group of young Vietnam war veterans has seized the Statue of Liberty. They're going to stay there, they say, to remind the American people the war is still going on."
– From the diary of politician and activist Bella Abzug on Dec. 28, 1971
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