This day in history - May 4, 1970: The Kent State shootings
By Richard K. Barry
Four unarmed students were killed and nine others wounded by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 at what many called the Kent State Massacre. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds.
Some of the students shot were protesting the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Nixon announced on April 30, 1970.
The good news from the event, if you can imagine there being any, is that it further eroded public opinion of the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground.
(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)
Four unarmed students were killed and nine others wounded by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 at what many called the Kent State Massacre. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds.
Some of the students shot were protesting the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Nixon announced on April 30, 1970.
The good news from the event, if you can imagine there being any, is that it further eroded public opinion of the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground.
(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)
Labels: This day in history, U.S. history, Vietnam War
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