Honor America Day was a rally put together by supporters of President

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in 1970 to counter national outrage over the Cambodian invasion and the Kent State University killings. Co-chaired by

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, the rally took place in

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on July 4, 1970. Billy Graham gave the keynote address: Some people saw it as a political pro war rally and protested by jumping in the pool and chanting antiwar slogans. A

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of the event, titled ''Proudly They Came...to Honor America'' was later released.

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Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture - Controversy and Confusion
Library of Congress exhibit
Film report on Honor America Day
by the

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