Protesters at Nixon’s July 4, 1970, “Honor America Day” celebration at Lincoln Memorial: #Getty
Marijuana “Smoke-In” was staged by demonstrators at Nixon’s “Honor America Day,” July 4, 1970: #Getty
On Nixon’s “Honor America Day,” July 4, 1970, protesters dragged a truck trailer into Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool: #Getty
American Nazis and white supremacists on Nixon’s “Honor America Day,” July 4, 1970, object to protesters’ marijuana “Smoke-In”: #Cabe

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—Martin Sheen to son Charlie as “Bud Fox” about his imprisonment, in “Wall Street,” 1987:
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