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Collection: 00229 - Zip to Zap Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00001
Title: Soldiers marching in formation to Zip to Zap confrontation, Zap (N.D.)
Date: 05/10/1969
Creator: Peters, James
Summary: Soldiers marching in formation holding guns at ready in middle of street past bar displaying a Budweiser beer sign and other buildings. The lead soldier is preparing to step over debris across the street. Two men stand on sidewalk to camera left, one holding pipe or bat.||The Zip to Zap started as an article published in the North Dakota State University student paper The Spectrum, and suggested tiny Zap, N.D. could become the Fort Lauderdale of the North. Zap town leaders were initially welcoming, and the story was picked up nationally. The National Guard was alerted and advised to report to Zap for weekend duty between May 9-11, 1969. 3000 college students descended on the town. The town's supply of beer, food, and other consumables was rapidly depleted, and cold temperatures led students to setting a bonfire in one of the Zap city streets. As local law enforcement could not handle the students, the North Dakota National Guard, using fixed bayonets, moved the students out of town. Damage from the Zip to Zap totaled over $25,000, and a cafe and bar were totally destroyed. The student governments of NDSU and UND ultimately paid the bills for damages.
Red ID: PH_I_149251 Image ID: 99154 Image Notes: 00229-00001

Collection: 00229 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Zip to Zap Photograph Collection
Date: 05/10/1969

Summary: Photographs of National Guard and riot police moving students out of Zap (N.D.) during the Zip to Zap a Grand Festival of Light and Love on May 9-11, 1969.

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