Catonsville Nine

Catonsville Nine
LeadersPhilip Berrigan
George Mische
Dates of operation1967–1968
Active regionsBaltimore (Catonsville, Maryland)
IdeologyAnti-war, Catholicism, leftism
Size9
OpponentsU.S. Selective Service System
The FBI
Battles and warsthe Opposition to the Vietnam War

The Catonsville Nine were nine Catholic activists who burned draft files to protest the Vietnam War. On May 17, 1968, they took 378 draft files from the draft board office in Catonsville, Maryland, and burned them in the parking lot.

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