#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/21/2017

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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/15/2018 #5

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/21/2019 #2

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#4 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/15/2019

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#5 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/11/2019

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/29/2021 #4

In 1940, a blindfolded Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson drew the first number - 158 - from a glass bowl in America’s first peacetime military draft. #Draft

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/13/2021 #2

In 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18. #FDR #Draft

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#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/01/2021 #10

In 1969, the U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War Two. #Draft

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#9 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/21/2022 #16

In 1977, on his first full day in office, President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders. Proclamation 4483 #Draft

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#10 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/05/2022 #3

In 1917, about 10 million American men between the ages of 21 and 31 began registering for the draft in World War One. #Draft

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#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/20/2022 #2

In 1917, America’s World War One draft lottery began as Secretary of War Newton Baker, wearing a blindfold, reached into a glass bowl and pulled out a capsule containing the number 258 during a ceremony inside the Senate office building. #Draft

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#12 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 05/19/2023 #2

Told my boys about people burning #Draft cards. Blank looks. “What’s a draft card?” MjL