page_title: Gary Rader
hierarchical_section_title: Gary Rader
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a screen capture taken from the public domain newsreel footage of Universal News, given into public domain by MCA in 1976 and hosted by Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/CEP531. The footage shows an anti-war protest in New York City in 1967, including a group of young men burning their draft cards. The protest was held in Sheep Meadow in Central Park; author Jerry Elmer calls it "the first large-scale burning of individual draft cards by resisters". The uniformed Army reservist in a beret is Gary Rader, who burned his card.
context_page_description: Gary Eugene Rader was an American Army Reservist known for burning his draft card in protest of the Vietnam War, while wearing his U.S. Army Special Forces uniform. Afterward, he engaged in anti-war activism.
context_section_description: Gary Eugene Rader (January 14, 1944 – November 1973) was an American Army Reservist known for burning his draft card in protest of the Vietnam War, while wearing his U.S. Army Special Forces uniform. Afterward, he engaged in anti-war activism.
caption: Gary Rader, wearing his Green Beret uniform, burned his draft card on April 15, 1967, at Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York City
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