U.S. Marshals in 1967

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U.S. Marshals and the Pentagon Riot of October 21, 1967

Sunday, 12:15 a.m.-
The Calm After the Storm:

The evening of violence left demonstrators and government officials exhausted. The riot ended in a "sit-in." When the demonstration permit expired at midnight, Marshals began arresting any demonstrators who so much as touched the soldiers.

Pentagon demonstrators staging a sit in in 1967

Sunday, 1:30 a.m. - Rioters Loaded into Prisoner Vans:

Six hundred and eighty-two demonstrators were processed in makeshift hearing rooms at the District Workhouse in Occoquan, Virginia. Most were charged with disorderly conduct after refusing to leave restricted Federal property.

Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - The Aftermath:

Early Sunday morning, workmen began to clean up the beer cans, food, shoes, shirts, pants, sweaters, placards, and of the rubble of a riot. Other workmen white-washed the Pentagon walls, erasing the obscenities and other riot stains. All around them, a few determined demonstrators remained the rest of the day in an exhausted cry for peace.

Copy of a Daily Log, required to be completed by deputy U.S. Marshals, depicting the special assignment.
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