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a b Krassner, Paul (January 30, 2008). "Tom Waits Meets Super-Joel". The Huffington Post . Retrieved January 24, 2011. In a 2006 interview, Bernie remembers thinking things could have got ugly when all of a sudden, “this young man appeared with flowers and proceeded . . . [to] put them down the rifle barrel,” Boston told National Public Radio. “And I was on the wall so I could see all this, and I just started shooting.” The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam's March on the Pentagon took place on October 21, 1967. When the antiwar demonstrators approached The Pentagon, they were confronted by a squad of soldiers from the 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne). [1] The soldiers pointed their rifles, marched into the crowd and formed a semicircle around the demonstrators to prevent them from climbing the Pentagon steps. Bernie Boston, newspaper photographer for The Washington Evening Star (shortened to The Washington Star in later years), had been assigned by his editor to cover the demonstration. [2] Boston was sitting on a wall at the Mall Entrance which allowed him to see the events unfold. [3] In a 2005 interview he said, "When I saw the sea of demonstrators, I knew something had to happen. I saw the troops march down into the sea of people and I was ready for it." [4] A young man emerged from the crowd of demonstrators and started placing carnations into the barrels of their rifles. [3] Boston captured the moment in what would become an iconic image and his signature photograph. [3] Bernstein, Adam (January 24, 2008). "Bernie Boston, 74; Took Iconic 1967 Photograph". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012 . Retrieved July 14, 2022. Boston also photographed every American president from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. He taught photojournalism classes at Northern Virginia Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology.

Guns and flowers represent two extremes. The gun as a weapon designed to threaten, defend, maim, or kill. The flower, structured with both female and male organs and alluringly coloured, shaped and scented to ensure its ongoing pollination. As imagery, both have been deployed within the work of artists eX de Medici and Sidney Nolan. a b c d e Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (January 25, 2008). "Bernie Boston; captured iconic 60s' moment". The Boston Globe . Retrieved December 6, 2013. They intended the use of nonviolent objects such as toys, flags, candy and music to show that the peace movement was not associated with anger or violence. Members of the movement tried to offset the rallies of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, who supported the war. The end of the '60s saw a number of anti-Vietnam war protests. Covering one of the last big protests Bernie sat with his camera on a wall at the Mall Entrance to the Pentagon. While the protest neared the gates Bernie watched as a National Guardsman lieutenant marched a group of armed men into the sea of demonstrators. The squad formed a semi-circle, their guns pointed at the demonstrators. Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award | Past Recipients 1990s". National Press Photographers Association. July 14, 2022. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022 . Retrieved July 14, 2022.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. a b c Montgomery, David (March 18, 2007). "Flowers, Guns and an Iconic Snapshot". The Washington Post . Retrieved December 6, 2013. a b Ashe, Alice (2005). "Bernie Boston: View Finder". Curio. James Madison University College of Arts and Letters (School of Media Arts and Design). p.12. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2009 . Retrieved July 15, 2022. He came out of nowhere, and it took me years to find out who he was ... his name was Harris.

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Flower Power is a historic photograph taken by American photographer Bernie Boston for the now-defunct Washington Star newspaper. It was nominated for the 1967 Pulitzer Prize. Taken on October 21, 1967, during the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam's March on the Pentagon, the iconic photo shows a Vietnam War protestor placing a carnation into the barrel of a rifle held by a soldier of the 503rd Military Police Battalion. George Washington University student photographer Berl Brechner took a photograph of the same moment from a different angle, published in The Hatchet, October 24, 1967, with the caption, "Flower Power." [13] It had an influential effect on both the antiwar movement of the sixties, and as a visual representation of how photojournalism can help with a movement. [8] Silva, Hoaracio (August 17, 2003). "Karma Chameleon". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013 . Retrieved October 9, 2017. The young man in the 1967 photograph -- an 18-year-old stage actor named George Harris Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a Generation". Worcester Art Museum. October 22, 1967 . Retrieved January 20, 2022.