President elect, Richard Nixon takes his place in the Oval office. By July, President Kennedy’s promise of placing a man on the soft ground of the moon is kept when Neil Armstrong takes “one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.” In August, the famous Woodstock convert venue host an audience of around 400,000 at a dairy farm in upstate New York. The population of the United States, with its red, white and blue colors, and its stars and stripes reached 200 Million.
President Nixon promised to have 25,000 tired troops home by fall. Lieutenant William Calley is charged for the civilian killings of over 100 Vietnamese, later to be known as the Mai Lai Massacre. In December, the first Lottery Draft since the Second World War takes place, causing mass protests and eventually increases the flame that was detest for a war. Its definitely showing that times are changing.