Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On May 17, 1968, the Nine went to the Catonsville office of the Selective Service on Frederick Road. They restrained an employee while gathering records into wire bins, [3] One SSS employee, Mary Murphy, attempted to save the draft records but was restrained by one of the Nine. [4] They then took the bins to the parking lot and set fire to them ...
The Catonsville Nine used homemade napalm to burn draft records in the parking lot of the Catonsville, Maryland draft board on May 17, 1968. [5] [6] Although the Catonsville Nine is widely believed to have acted in protest of Vietnam, for the Melvilles it was much more about Guatemala. According to Peters (80), Tom Melville committed to the ...
Catonsville was briefly made famous during the 1968 protest by the "Catonsville Nine", during which draft records were burned by Catholic anti-war activists. In 2002, the Maryland legislature issued a proclamation declaring Catonsville to be "Music City, Maryland", because of the concentration of musical retail stores, venues and educational ...
In October 1967 four men poured blood on draft records at the Baltimore City Custom House. [20] Then, on 17 May 1968 nine protestors burned draft records in Catonsville, MD. [21] The Milwaukee group was inspired by the action in Catonsville [22] and "timed their action to draw attention to the upcoming trial of the Catonsville Nine."
Ashton Jeanty, who rushed for the second-most yards in a season in major-college football history and was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, will leave Boise State to enter the NFL draft. Jeanty ...
Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine.
The second apron, plus a lack of draft assets, makes a move on the margins almost impossible. The Suns, for example, could not compete with the Los Angeles Lakers for Dorian Finney-Smith's services.
The NFL draft tour has not had a stop quite like the one in Detroit. Nashville drew 600,000 fans over the three days of the NFL draft in 2019 to set the mark the Motor City will shoot to surpass ...