On May 10, the UMBC Social Sciences Forum 'Looking Forward from The 45th Anniversary of the Catonsville Nine Actions,' looks into the impact of the actions of the Catonsville Nine on activism in the United States.
University of Wisconsin Professor Shawn Peters talks with Patch about his new book.
Shawn Francis Peters, a native of Catonsville and professor at the University of Wisconsin, has finished a book on the history of the Catonsville Nine. "The Catonsville Nine: A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era" is published by Oxford University Press. Peters talks to Patch about his fascination with the topic and how the book came about. Patch: What do you remember about the events and trials after? Was it discussed in the community? Peters: I was born and raised in Catonsville; I attended St. Mark School and Catonsville High School (Class of 1984). I can't claim to have any direct memories about the protest of the Catonsville Nine or their subsequent trial in federal court in Baltimore, but I certainly heard plenty about …
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The anti-war protest of the Catonsville Nine May 17, 1968 influenced the country in turning against the Vietnam War.
Forty-four years ago Thursday, nine men and women entered what was then the Selective Service office on Frederick Road in Catonsville, removed hundreds of draft records and burned them with homemade napalm outside of the building. Located on the second floor of the Knights of Columbus building on Frederick and Beaumont, the small local draft board was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight. Perpetrated by what became known as the Catonsville Nine, the group of Catholic missionaries were morally opposed to the military engagement in Vietnam. The nine included poet and former priest Daniel Berrigan, his brother Philip Berrigan, also a former priest, and seven others. In 1980, the Berrigan brothers and six others formed The Plowshares …
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