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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 ...
Nine activists, including Berrigan's Jesuit brother Daniel, later became known as the Catonsville Nine when they walked into the offices of the local draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, removed 600 draft records, doused them in napalm and burnt them in a lot outside of the building.
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 ...
Investigation of a Flame is a 2001 documentary by Lynne Sachs about the Catonsville Nine, nine Catholic activists who became known for their May 17, 1968 nonviolent act of civil disobedience in burning draft files to protest the Vietnam War.
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.
[1] [8] Sachs notably prosecuted the Catonsville Nine in 1968, after the group of activists attacked the Selective Service office in Catonsville, Maryland, to obliterate draft records. They were ultimately found guilty of destroying government property by a federal court jury half a year later.
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."