A bed-in is a nonviolent protest against wars, initiated by Yoko Ono and her husband John Lennon during a two week period in Amsterdam and Montreal as an experimental test of new ways to promote peace.

2011年3月21日 · By October of 1969, "Give Peace a Chance" was a universal chant at anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. On November 15, during a peace rally in Washington, DC, the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger led nearly half a million demonstrators in singing "Give Peace a Chance" at the Washington Monument.

On Nov. 15, 1969, the Vietnam Moratorium Committee staged what is believed to be the largest antiwar protest in United States history when as many as half a million people attended a...

On Moratorium Day, half a million demonstrators gathered across from the White House for a rally where they were led by Pete Seeger in singing John Lennon's new song "Give Peace A Chance" for ten minutes or more.

2012年10月8日 · On November 15, during a peace rally in Washington, DC, the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger led nearly half a million demonstrators in singing “Give Peace a Chance” at the Washington Monument. Asked what he thought about that day, Lennon later remarked, “I saw pictures of that Washington demonstration on British TV, with all those ...

2019年4月10日 · Looking out on his oceanic audience that rallied in the rain, Lennon said, “It may be raining raindrops on you people, but it’s raining bombs on Vietnam, so let’s ‘Give Peace a Chance!'” He then launched into his song that became an antiwar anthem as thousands of voices sang along to remind the world that “…all we are saying is ...

2004年3月29日 · The second bed-in in Montreal produced one of the great peace anthems of the 20th century when Lennon composed "Give Peace a Chance" in a hotel room. On the evening of June 1, 1969, along with a host of celebrities, Lennon played guitar and sang the song into a four-track tape recorder.

The march concluded in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, where the placards were placed in coffins. At one point at a rally in front of the White House, folk singer, Pete Seeger, led the crowd in a version of John Lennon’s new song, “Give Peace a Chance,” interjecting, “Are you listening Nixon?” “Are you listening Agnew?

Written during his Montreal 'bed-in' in 1969, John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance became the unofficial anthem of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

2009年1月20日 · In September of 1969, Lennon returned his MBE, awarded by Queen Elizabeth to the Beatles in 1965, in protest over Great Britain’s involvement in the Vietnam War. After their marriage in March 1969, John and Yoko staged a “bed-in for peace” at the Amsterdam Hilton.