38 Yrs Ago: 4 Dead in Ohio

ideamark · 05-04-2008, 08:28 AM

Thirty-eight years ago today -- May 4, 1970 -- four students were shot dead at Kent State University in Ohio by Ohio National Guardsmen.

CBS News' "Sunday Morning" did a segment about the anniversary, showing the iconic photograph of Mary del Vecchio (sp) sobbing over one of the dead. For a long time, it was assumed she was a Kent Stater; she was actually a 14-year-old runaway. The man who shot the photo for the Kent State newspaper is now head of photography at CBS News.

Mark

Ground&Pound · 05-04-2008, 09:14 AM

This was a chapter of our history that we should never forget.

Here's the photo.

M Richardson · 05-04-2008, 12:29 PM

This happened while I was in Viet Nam. It created a lot of debate among the troops. A terrible, terrible tragedy.

matclone · 05-04-2008, 12:59 PM

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming;
We're finally on our own;
This summer I hear the drumming;
Four Dead in Ohio.

Neil Young (1970)

ideamark · 05-04-2008, 01:09 PM

From one of the books I've read about Kent State, more than one person seemed surprised it happened at that particular school, and not somewhere else known more for antiwar protests. For example, Ohio University. About the same time at OU, a nearly-completed cafeteria complex was firebombed, suffering serious damage. From what I've read from newspaper accounts from 1970, when the shootings took place at Kent, the OU administration immediately cancelled classes for the quarter and ordered all students to leave Athens within 24 hours. There were long lines at Greyhound and the train station. The 1970 graduation ceremony was cancelled; the Class of '70 had their graduation ceremony ten years later, with my class.

What an incredibly turbulent time.

Mark

PS One of the students wounded at Kent State later became a prosecutor in Athens County, Ohio

r.payton@att.net · 05-05-2008, 07:48 AM

And in the recent news Chicago mayor Daley re-arms police with Assault Rifles and Military equipment .
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.

Spider · 05-05-2008, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by r.payton@att.net

And in the recent news Chicago mayor Daley re-arms police with Assault Rifles and Military equipment .
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.

"When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?"
- Pete Seeger, Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

bluestater · 05-05-2008, 09:06 AM

The Kansas City Star wrote an interesting piece about Kent State:

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/604252.html

Alabama football coach Nick Saban was a student and football player at KSU at the time, and he was on his way to the demonstration, but he stopped for some food. If he hadn't been hungry, he would have been there at the time of the shootings.

ideamark · 05-05-2008, 11:56 AM

Excellent story, bluestater. Thanks for posting the link here.

Mark

38 Yrs Ago: 4 Dead in Ohio

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