From March 11 – 20, 1988, over 10,000 people participated in the largest demonstration at the Nevada Test Site. During the ten-day action, over 2000 people committed civil resistance. They were transported to Tonopah, over 150 miles away.
March 12, 1988 was the rally day where the majority of the arrests took place. The sky was a beautiful blue and the desert valley was peppered with people, who crossed the barbed wire fencing all along the boundary to the Nevada Test Site.
It was very cold when the participants began showing up back in the encampment. Rides were organized by those who didn’t get arrested. People showed back up until way after midnight.
There was a registration shack at the entrance to the camp, and people checked in and a running list of those who had returned was kept.