When somebody accused Mezey of urging students to burn their draft cards, he was suspended with pay for a month while the college investigated.

Many colleges were shut down by students, and people burned their draft cards at public rallies.

In 1947 he was among demonstrators who burned their draft cards outside the White House.

The guys who actually organized the demonstrations and burned their draft cards et cetera were taking very substantial risks they didn't need to do.

Beginning in May 1964, some activists burned their draft cards at anti-war rallies and demonstrations.

Subsequently, 46 men were indicted for burning their draft cards at various rallies, and four major court cases were heard.

From 1965 to 1973, very few men in the U.S. were convicted of burning their draft cards.

During the Vietnam War, the young men who publicly burned their draft cards did so knowing that they could be imprisoned for the act.

But when they burned their draft cards, no one died.

The men of the tribe burn their draft cards.