Burning Draft Cards

1/14/1968

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This photograph is of a young unnamed man burning a draft card at an anti-Vietnam draft rally at a New York town hall meeting. This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2013 Summer Workshop at our Boston location.

This primary source comes from the Records of U.S. Attorneys.

National Archives Identifier: 7419593

Full Citation: Burning Draft Cards; 1/14/1968; [Photographs] Town Hall Meeting, 1/14/1968, Draft Resistance Rally [Town Hall, New York City], 1/14/1968 - 1/14/1968; Precedent Case Files, 1928 - 1976; Records of U.S. Attorneys, Record Group 118; National Archives at Boston (RE-BO), Waltham, MA. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/burning-draft-cards, January 15, 2025]

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