A tractor sits parked next to the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds in protest of farming policies during the American Agriculture Movement's second Tractorcade demonstration in Washington, D.C., 28 February 1979

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Description: The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.
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Title
A tractor sits parked next to the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the U.S. Capitol Grounds in protest of farming policies during the American Agriculture Movement's second Tractorcade demonstration in Washington, D.C., 28 February 1979
Creator(s)
Frazier, Patrick
Created
1979-02-28
Issued
2018-02-01
Genre
black-and-white negatives
Topical Subject(s)
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States ; Agriculture and politics -- United States ; Demonstrations -- United States ; Farmers -- United States
Subject(s) -- Corporate Name
American Agriculture Movement ; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic Subject(s)
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Continent
North and Central America
Country
United States
First Order Political Division
District of Columbia
City
Washington
Rights Statement
Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
Local Identifier
SC_Frazier_N_2043
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71498

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