Category:Catonsville Nine (nonfiction)

From Gnomon Chronicles

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.

The Nine were:

  • Father Philip Berrigan, a Josephite priest
  • Father Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit priest
  • Br. David Darst, a De La Salle Christian Brother
  • John Hogan
  • Tom Lewis, an artist
  • Marjorie Bradford Melville, a former Maryknoll sister
  • Thomas Melville, a former Maryknoll priest
  • George Mische
  • Mary Moylan

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