Norman Mayer
Norman David Mayer (March 31, 1916 – December 9, 1982) was an American anti-nuclear weapons activist who was shot and killed by the United States Park Police after threatening to blow up the Washington Monument.
Read more about Norman Mayer: Early Life, Nuclear Weapons Protests and Washington Monument Threat, Reactions, Related Incident
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