Nanie Leah Washburn

Released
Full name:Nanie Washburn
Gender:Female
Era:1970s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
2 Days
Support
Anti-War
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Biography

Nanie Leah Washburn was a seventy-one-year-old antiwar protester swept up in the May 3, 1971 Mayday mass arrests in Washington. She spent two days in the makeshift detention compound at the RFK Stadium practice field and described the confinement publicly after her release.

Case

Charges: Mass arrest during the Mayday civil-disobedience campaign against the Vietnam War
Arrested: May 3, 1971
Incarcerated: May 3, 1971
Sentence: Held for two days in the RFK Stadium detention compound.

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