On this day in May 1970 Four students were killed at Kent State by the Ohio National guard.
The governor was behind in the polls and these deaths which he ordered helped him climb into contention. Though he lost by one point in 1970, he won re-election in 74 and 78. Some Parents told their (unharmed) kids who were at the scene, the Guard should have shot them all. That is how divided our nation was. (We can overcome Trump).
William Schroeder- Sought to understand the war. He had chosen to serve in the armed services and intended to go to Vietnam so he could better under understand the events of his time
Allison Krause- The day before she had placed a flower in the barrel of a National Guardsman's gun saying; 'flowers are better than bullets. She was leaving campus on her way to her car to go to a job
Jeffrey Miller- intelligent and kind, he was against the war in Vietnam but by no means was a violent protestor
Sandra Scheuer- was on her way to class. Her father escaped the Holocaust to see his daughter murdered as others expressed their first amendment rights. She and Jeffrey Miller were in a relationship but were not together when the shots ending their lives rang out.
Never again.
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