In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."

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In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
DateApril 5, 1969
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (21.3 × 25.7 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.6 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.271
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, top: "[SUN-TIMES / APR 5 1969]"
Verso, center: "By William Granger / In the midst of the gloom of a rainy Friday / night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news: / Some of them will be home for Easter. / Brig. Gen. Richard T. Dunn, commander of / the 5,000 National Guard troops called to ac- / tive duty after disturbances Thursday, said: / "If everything remains quiet and no distur- / bances grow out of the peace parade Saturday / we will begin phasing out troops by midnight/ tomorrow." / No troops were on patrol and no troops / would be present at the peace parade, he add- / ed. / Outside the grim, turreted armory walls, / the city was quietly returning to normal. / Some bars were open, restaurants and / theaters attracted their throngs, neon lights / blinked in the rain. / There was none of this for the troops inside / the dirty vastness. / About 30 sprawled out on bleacher seats / and watched "Notre Dame Football / Highlights" cranked out of a movie projector / onto a screen set up next to a line of rain- / beaded Jeeps." (newspaper pasted)
Verso, center: "[NAR 146 - 666]"
Inscribed Verso, top center: "Riots Chicago - April - 1969"
Verso, center: "5 3/8 deep / + guard / 3XC"
Verso, bottom left corner: "CVL-RT-555 1800"
Illinois National Guard troops stand on a Chicago street in area where violent disturbances have caused death and injury the last three nights, July 15, 1966. Governor Otto Kerner called up 3,000 National Guard troops today in an attempt to halt the strife on Chicago's West Side
Illinois National Guard troops stand on a Chicago street in area where violent disturbances have caused death and injury the last three nights, July 15, 1966. Governor Otto Kerner called up 3,000 National Guard troops today in an attempt to halt the strife on Chicago's West Side
Date: July 17, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.269
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
Date: September 6, 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.288
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
Time On His Hands: Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies), has time to think after he surrendered to authorities in Chicago Thursday to begin serving a 15-day jail sentence for resisting arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities from his conviction stemming from the 1968 Democratic National Convention disturbances
Time On His Hands: Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies), has time to think after he surrendered to authorities in Chicago Thursday to begin serving a 15-day jail sentence for resisting arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities from his conviction stemming from the 1968 Democratic National Convention disturbances
Date: December 3, 1970
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.294
Professional image by David Revette
To Major General Cuyler this View of FORT GEORGE, in the Island of Tobago, taken from Morne Grace, the place where the Troops halted previous to the, Assault on the night of the 14th April 1793
Frederick Maitland
Date: published August 20, 1793
Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52
Untitled [battle between the French and Dutch troops on the Isle Tabago, 1677 F. M. h. 2601]
Untitled [battle between the French and Dutch troops on the Isle Tabago, 1677 F. M. h. 2601]
Romeyn de Hooghe
Date: 1677
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1971.45
Household Troops
Household Troops
George Cruikshank
Date: published December 1827
Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Object number: 1959.153
A Bivouack In Safety Or Florida Troops Preventing A Surprise. This inhuman war has already cost the people of the United States $30,000,000, without any prospect of its being brought to a termination.
A Bivouack In Safety Or Florida Troops Preventing A Surprise. This inhuman war has already cost the people of the United States $30,000,000, without any prospect of its being brought to a termination.
Henry Dacre
Date: published 1840
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1973.6
Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.48
General Charles de Gaulle in El Fasher, in the army of the British Governor of Darfur Province, Free French troops on their way across Africa from Cameroon, Sudan
General Charles de Gaulle in El Fasher, in the army of the British Governor of Darfur Province, Free French troops on their way across Africa from Cameroon, Sudan
George Rodger
Date: 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.201
Entertaining the Troops, 1941-45
Entertaining the Troops, 1941-45
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: 1941-45
Medium: Gelatin silver Estate print, 2003
Object number: 2021.12.15
A South Vietnamese soldier guided civilians from areas of street fighting in Southern Da Nang to the relatively safe rear. The homes of the people pictured in Hoa Vang village had been occupied by North Vietnamese troops
A South Vietnamese soldier guided civilians from areas of street fighting in Southern Da Nang to the relatively safe rear. The homes of the people pictured in Hoa Vang village had been occupied by North Vietnamese troops
Unknown artist
Date: November 1968
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
Object number: 2022.15.290