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title: Anti-draft demonstration at Selective Service headquarters (Washington, 19 March 1970)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/draft-card-burning-selective-service-1970/
description: A 19 March 1970 photograph the Library of Congress titles as a draft-card burning. The card in the man's hands is not legible.
section: Collection
---

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# Anti-draft demonstration at Selective Service headquarters (Washington, 19 March 1970)

On 19 March 1970, outside Selective Service headquarters, a man holds a small object the Library of Congress title identifies as a burning draft card. The card is not legible in the scan. This photograph is the protest. The 1 December 1969 drawing that set call-up order is a separate Selective Service record.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No legible words. The helmet carries a drawn peace symbol. The small object in the man's hands is [illegible].

Checked against the scan. The Library title supplies the draft-card identification; it is not read from lettering in the frame.

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