On the March
Here are some of the marches or rallies in the nation’s capital that drew 200,000 or more people, according to National Park Service crowd estimates:
Vietnam War moratorium rally, Nov. 15, 1969: 600,000
Vietnam War “Out Now” rally, April 24, 1971: 500,000
NOW march and rally, April 5, 1992: 500,000
Gay rights march, April 25, 1993: 300,000
20th anniversary civil rights march, Aug. 20, 1983: 300,000
NOW abortion rights march, April 9, 1989: 300,000
Solidarity Day labor march, Sept. 19, 1981: 260,000
Martin Luther King civil rights march, Aug. 28, 1963: 250,000
Solidarity Day labor march, Aug. 31, 1991: 250,000
March on the Pentagon, Oct. 21, 1967: 200,000
Washington for Jesus rally, April 29, 1980: 200,000
Martin Luther King Holiday rally, Jan. 15, 1981: 200,000
Gay rights march, Oct. 14, 1987: 200,000
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