Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam

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Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam was a 1969 week-long anti-war protest and performance art piece staged by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, in which they stayed in bed at the Amsterdam Hilton to promote world peace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war protest
peace protest
performance art piece
documentedIn film footage
news media coverage
photographs
endDate 1969-03-31
followedBy Bed-in for Peace in Montreal
genre performance art
hasAlternativeName Amsterdam Bed-in
Amsterdam Bed-in
surface form: Amsterdam Bed-in for Peace
hasCountry Netherlands
hasDuration one week
hasLocation Amsterdam
Hilton Amsterdam
surface form: Amsterdam Hilton Hotel
hasMotto Bed Peace
Hair Peace
hasParticipant John Lennon
Yoko Ono
hasPurpose promotion of world peace
protest against the Vietnam War
hotelRoomNumber 702
languageUsed English
mainActivity staying in bed in a hotel room
medium conceptual art
notableFor celebrity activism
non-violent protest method
organizer John Lennon
Yoko Ono
partOf Bed-Ins for Peace
surface form: John Lennon and Yoko Ono peace campaign
performedAs bed-in
publicAccess press invited to hotel room
startDate 1969-03-25
theme anti-war activism
peace
tookPlaceInBuilding Hilton Amsterdam
year 1969

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Yoko Ono notableEvent Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam
Bed-in for Peace in Montreal follows Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam