Michael Bransome is led away by police after he and two others ransacked the Silver Spring, Md. draft board May 21, 1969 and then waited for police to arrive.
The three draft resisters broke into Draft Board No. 53, located in the Jessup Blair House at near the District/Maryland line on Georgia Avenue, scattering records and throwing black paint and their own blood around the office.
The three were Leslie Bayless, 22; Jonathan Bayless, 17; and Michael Bransome, 18.
A written statement released by the three read:
“We strike at the Selective Service system because it is used to feed the horror of genocide abroad and the suppression of legitimate dissent at home.”
The action was part of a loose-knit “hit and stay” movement originally initiated by Catholic activists that conducted destruction of war-related offices or equipment and then waited for police to arrive to arrest them.
The movement began a year before the Silver Spring action when Father Daniel and Phillip Berrigan led seven others to destroy draft records in Catonsville, Md. in 1968.
Les Bayless received three years in addition to a five year sentence for refusing draft induction. Bransome fled to Canada and ultimately Sweden after being threatened with death while in jail. John Bayless, a juvenile at the time, received three years probation.
For more information on draft resistance and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskaq3Hkf
The photographer is unknown, but likely Heidi Steffens and Marilyn Webb. The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
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Pictured is Michael Bransome destroying the records of the Selective Service office (draft board) in Silver Spring, Md. May 21, 1969.
The three were part of a nationwide “hit and stay” movement that began a year earlier with the destruction of draft records by nine people led by Father Daniel Berrigan and Phillip Berrigan in Catonsville, Md. May 17, 1968.
The tactic involved destroying documents or property involved in continuing war, particularly the Vietnam War, but staying and awaiting arrest. The participants generally admitted their actions, but attempted to plead their case to the jury as following a higher law.
Leslie Bayless,(22), John Bayless (17) and Michael Bransome (18) lived inearby and carried out the act while inviting activist Marilyn Webb to photograph the event. The three poured black paint and their own blood on the records.
Les Bayless received three years in addition to a five year sentence for refusing draft induction. Bransome fled to Canada and ultimately Sweden after being threatened with death while in jail. John Bayless, a juvenile at the time, received three years probation.
For more information on draft resistance and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskaq3Hkf
Image via Hit & Stay hitandstay.tumblr.com
Tags: Silver Spring Three 3 Selective Service System Draft Board destroy records blood paint arrest Jesup Blair Maryland md anti Vietnam War Michael Bransome
Pictured is Les Bayless destroying the records of the Selective Service office (draft board) in Silver Spring, Md. May 21, 1969.
The three were part of a nationwide “hit and stay” movement that began a year earlier with the destruction of draft records by nine people led by Father Daniel Berrigan and Phillip Berrigan in Catonsville, Md. May 17, 1968.
The tactic involved destroying documents or property involved in continuing war, particularly the Vietnam War, but staying and awaiting arrest. The participants generally admitted their actions, but attempted to plead their case to the jury as following a higher law.
Leslie Bayless,(22), John Bayless (17) and Michael Bransome (18) lived inearby and carried out the act while inviting activist Marilyn Webb to photograph the event.
Les Bayless received three years in addition to a five year sentence for refusing draft induction. Bransome fled to Canada and ultimately Sweden after being threatened with death while in jail. John Bayless, a juvenile at the time, received three years probation.
For more information on draft resistance and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskaq3Hkf
Image via Hit & Stay hitandstay.tumblr.com
Tags: Silver Spring Three 3 Selective Service System Draft Board destroy records blood paint arrest Jesup Blair Maryland md anti Vietnam War Leslie Bayless
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