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- Parade for Peace - Join the Women's March of Protest, August 29, 1914 - About fifteen hundred women paraded silently down New York City's Fifth Avenue on August 29, 1914, to protest against war. (The conflict in Europe, what became known as World War I, had just begun.) The women wore black or light-colored clothing with black armbands, signifying mourning and loss during war. This postcard solicited marchers to join the "Parade for Peace."
- August 29, 1914
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Parade for Peace - Join the Women's March of Protest, August 29, 1914
About fifteen hundred women paraded silently down New York City's Fifth Avenue on August 29, 1914, to protest against war. (The conflict in Europe, what became known as World War I, had just begun.) The women wore black or light-colored clothing with black armbands, signifying mourning and loss during war. This postcard solicited marchers to join the "Parade for Peace."