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Top Left: Mary Munchel, now Mary Posner, head of the Ball State Vietnam Moratorium Committee, holds up a Vietnam War protest sign Feb. 5, 1970, during then President Richard Nixon's visit in Indianapolis. A group of 41 students from Ball State and Burris Laboratory Schools went to Indianapolis to demonstrate against the president outside the City-County building. Digital Media Repository, Photo Courtesy; Center: Mary Posner poses with a protest sign January, 21, 2017, during the women's march in Louisville, Kentucky. While this was the last time Posner participated in a protest, she hopes to join gun control- and climate change-related activism after the Vietnam Moratorium Committee conference. Mary Posner, Photo Provided; Other images: Bill Britton and Mary Posner, Photos Provided. Emily Wright, DN Illustration