Sunday, May 04, 2008

28 Years Later - Kent State Shootings

"You know, you see these bums, you know, blowin' up the campuses. Listen, the boys that are on the college campuses today are the luckiest people in the world, going to the greatest universities, and here they are, burnin' up the books, I mean, stormin' around about this issue, I mean, you name it - get rid of the war, there'll be another one." -- Richard M. Nixon, New York Times, May 2, 1970


Two days later, we had the Kent State shootings, where National Guardsmen shot and killed students and bystanders on campus. 28 years later, this still stands out in my mind as one of the most pivotal moments in my life.

"Four Dead In Ohio" - RIP 5/4/70

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