On this day in 1968, a group of peace activists known as the "The Milwaukee Fourteen" burned more than 10,000 Selective Service records with homemade napalm to protest the Vietnam War. They were each found guilty of theft and arson.

As a group, protesters entered a building that held documents of nine draft boards, gathered up 10,000 files, carried them to an open public space, and set them on fire with homemade napalm.

The fourteen then remained at the site, singing and reading from the gospels of John and Luke as Milwaukee firemen and police officers arrived.

Similar acts of rebellion took place in protest of the Vietnam War draft. Earlier in 1968, the Catonsville Nine burned 378 draft files. In 1971, the Camden 28 attempted a similar protest, however the FBI had infiltrated their group and arrested them mid-break-in.

Activist historian Howard Zinn testified in support of the Milwaukee Fourteen at their trial, however he was cut off from speaking by the judge. After eleven days, the defendants were each found guilty of theft, arson, and burglary.