the memorial's steps, planting American flags on the statue of George Washington." In an exaggerated and purposely agitating act, the hardhat clad workers had attempted to once-and-for-all make it clear to these protestors that America was not for those who did not love and believe in their country, which included the wars it had entered in the past and would enter in the future.
             The "Hard Hat Riot" brought the struggle between these two ever-growing divisions in American philosophy to the front pages of newspapers across the country, m
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