Another stanza in “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” calls for social change by stopping war because it is sending all of our men to graveyards. Protests happened for the Vietnam War and this is an antiwar song, which shows that the war was not popular with a majority of Americans. People did not want their friends and family to be sent off to Vietnam to be killed, which demonstrates the pessimism that was felt towards the war effort. This war was not supported by the American people like World War II was, which implies the lack of cooperation in the Vietnam War. An example of anti war protesting is in stanza five. Seeger says, “Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, ev’ry one. When will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever
