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IrishBubbaLiberal

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3. My oldest sister dated one of the Minnesota Eight, tried to destroy Draft records
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 04:04 PM
Jun 4

My sister wanted to piss off Dad.

Dad was part of the Military Industrial Complex, Big Time war contractor executive.

The Minnesota EIGHT July 1970
Resisting the war, tried to as much military draft records at
Selective Service offices in Minnesota multiple cities

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See https://duluthreader.com/articles/2020/07/25/115238-remembering-the-minnesota-eight

In January 1970, Brian Wells burned 2,400 files at the Nicollet County Selective Service office in St. Peter and received a sentence of up to six years of federal supervision.
By far the most successful such action took place in St. Paul and Minneapolis the weekend of Feb. 28, 1970, when anti-war activists destroyed thousands of files held in the St. Paul central post office and an office building in downtown Minneapolis. No one was ever arrested for these crimes.

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So a couple years later my sis dated one of those who were involved

Just to piss off Dad.

It worked to a point

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