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Two former IU student government presidents reflect on turbulent time for protests in 60s

Bente Bouthier

IU students government presidents from the late '60s share their thoughts on campus protests.
Where are young vets at the American Legion?

Ethan Sandweiss

Post commander Mike Farris isn’t sure why younger vets aren’t coming in. He’s 65, but the average legionnaire at Post 18 is in their 80s. 
Veterans and families commemorate dead at Memorial Day ceremony

Ethan Sandweiss

Bagpipers, Boy Scouts and the Bloomington Community Band turned out for the event, co-hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 604. Some carried red roses in honor of lost husbands and wives.
Indiana woman featured in Vietnam War documentary

A new PBS documentary, The Movement and the Madman, tells the story of the fight between anti-war activists and President Richard Nixon in 1969. One of the protesters featured is Indiana native, Mary Posner.