Anti Draft Rally - The Heated Debate
(Photo by Jay Keenan)

After then-president Jimmy Carter made a decision to institute registering for the draft, two seniors from Plymouth Canton and Plymouth Salem High Schools organized an anti-draft rally at Kellogg Park in downtown Plymouth, MI in February of 1980.  Seven speakers opposed to the draft highlighted the rally, but much of the crowds attention was drawn to the heated sideline debates between Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) members, who were in favor of the registration, and the demonstrators.  In this photo, a social studies teacher (left) argues whether the decision to register for the draft is justified with three VFW members.  The picture above appeared in the Plymouh Canton High School student paper called "The New Media" in February of 1980.  This photo was one of two photos that Keenan won a first place award in the photography category at the regional Schoolcraft College High School Journalism Contest in 1980.