Abstract
On August 22, 1984, The War Chest Tour, a group of over 150 protesters angered by United States corporate involvement in South Africa and Nicaragua, marched through the streets of Dallas, loudly demonstrating. The group angrily chanted, sprayed graffiti on buildings, and overturned potted plants inside office buildings as they haphazardly wound their route to the Dallas City Hall where, across the street, the 1984 Republican National Convention was in session. As they marched, several of the protesters sighted an American flag on its pole in front of the Mercantile National Bank. They climbed the pole, tore down the flag and gave it to Gregory "Joey" Johnson who placed it inside his coat. Arriving at City Hall, Johnson and the other protesters began chanting "America, the red, white and blue, we spit on you!" As they chanted, Johnson pulled the stars and stripes from beneath his jacket, poured lighter fluid on it, and with his cigarette lighter ignited the flag.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
23
Issue
1
First Page
3
Last Page
18
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hanson, Jim
(1991)
"Can Americans Defend the Ideals of Their Flag? An Analysis of the Protective Rhetoric Opposing the Burning of the U.S. Flag,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 23:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol23/iss1/3
Copyright
©1991 Iowa Communication Association
