Keywords: Draft card burning NYC 1967 Gary Rader Green Beret.jpg en This is a screen capture taken from the public domain newsreel footage of Universal News given into public domain by MCA in 1976 and hosted by Internet Archive at http //www archive org/details/CEP531 http //www archive org/details/CEP531 The footage shows an anti-war protest in New York City in 1967 including a group of young men burning their draft cards The protest was held in Sheep Meadow in Central Park; author Jerry Elmer calls it http //books google com/books id 07mMTohIEZYC pg PA61 the first large-scale burning of individual draft cards by resisters The uniformed Army reservist in a beret is Gary Rader who burned his card http //www archive org/details/CEP531 Universal News 1967-04-15 public domain Draft card burning NYC 1967 Gary Rader Green Beret 100px jpg unknown Vietnam War Draft 1967 in New York City Universal Newsreels Opposition to conscription PD-Universal Newsreel |