The Shelter Half

The Shelter Half was a GI Coffeehouse in Tacoma, Washington that operated at 1902 Tacoma Ave. from 1968 to 1974. Named after a military tent called a Shelter-half, the coffehouse's purpose was to provide a place for GIs at Fort Lewis military base in Washington State to resist the war in Vietnam. The Shelter Half served as an anti-war headquarters, publishing underground anti-war newspapers, organizing boycotts, connecting civillian activists with local GIs, and leading peace marches.

In November of 1969, the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board prevented military personnel from attending the coffeehouse by placing it on a list of off-limits places.

The Shelter Half closed in the summer of 1974.

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