| Presidio mutiny | |
|---|---|
| Part of the G.I. movement | |
 The Presidio 27 sit-down protest on October 14, 1968. Private Walter Pawlowski is reading their demands. | |
| Date | October 14, 1968 |
| Location | |
| Methods | Sit-in |
| Resulted in | Arrest of protesters |
| Lead figures | |
Keith Mather Walter Pawlowski Randy Rowland | |
The Presidio mutiny was a sit-down protest carried out by 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San Francisco, California on October 14, 1968. It was one of the earliest instances of significant internal military resistance to the Vietnam War. The stiff sentences given out at courts martial for the participants (known as the Presidio 27) drew international attention to the extent of sentiment against the war within the U.S. military, and the mutiny became "[p]erhaps the single best known event of the domestic GI movement".[1]