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October 5th, 1969 activist and student groups marched in "The National Vietnam Moratorium," a mass nationwide protest against the war. The Leo Castelli Gallery of Los Angeles commissioned Jasper Johns to create a poster for this event. In a subversive critique of America's involvement in the war the artist rendered the flag in camouflage greens and an orange reminiscent of agent orange barrels. He added a white bullet-like hole in the center not just for symbolism, but as an exploration of optical illusions. Focusing on the center white dot for 60 seconds and then immediately looking at a blank white wall, the traditional patriotic colors of the U.S. flag should appear creating a sort of illusionary vision of American identity.