Peace activist Tom Lewis, 68
Posted: Monday, April 7th, 2008 11:17 amForty years ago next month, Tom Lewis and eight other Vietnam War protesters strode into the offices of U.S. Selective Service Board 33 in Catonsville and left a mark on history.
The “Catonsville Nine” emptied file cabinets, hauled 600 draft records into the parking lot and burned them with homemade napalm. Then they prayed and waited to be arrested.
That act of civil disobedience on May 17, 1968, inspired headlines — and more than 200 protests at draft board offices across the country. … Read full obituary
