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May 4, 2022 · Four students each carry a candle to remember the four Kent State University students that were killed May 4th, 1970 when the National Guard opened fire on protestors. ... the four Kent State ...
In 2008, Kent State University announced plans to construct a May 4 Visitors' Center in a room in Taylor Hall. The center was officially opened in May 2013, on the anniversary of the shootings. A 17.24-acre (6.98 ha) area was listed as "Kent State Shootings Site" on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 2010.
May 4, 2012 · The Middle of the Country: The Events of May 4th As Seen by Students & Faculty at Kent State University. A hastily compiled set of essays put together by a Kent State University sophomore containing various reactions to the shootings by Kent State students and faculty members. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES Best, James J. (1978).
Eyewitness testimony brought to life through verbatim theater On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen occupying the Kent State University campus fired 67 shots in 13 seconds, leaving four students dead. This tragedy had a profound impact on Northeast Ohio and the nation and is credited as a catalyst in changing Americans’ views toward U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Supported by the Ohio Humanities ...
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May 4, 2017 · Today, May 4th, 2017, is the 47th anniversary of the infamous Kent State Massacre – where 4 students were shot to death and 9 wounded by National Guardsmen during anti-Vietnam war protests on the Ohio campus. Protests at Kent State were part of a wave of demonstrations that swept the country right after President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia.
A student stands at a marker in the Prentice Hall Parking Lot during the 1977 Annual Commemoration of the Kent State shootings. The markers indicate the locations of students slain on May 4, 1970. As a result of advocacy by the May 4th Task Force, permanent markers were installed and dedicated in September 1999.
May 3, 2020 · Roger Di Paolo sits near a 15-foot, steel sculpture near Taylor Hall at Kent State University. The sculpture, created by Don Drumm in 1967, has a hole where a bullet from the Ohio National Guard ...
