Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Kent State Four - May 4th, 1970 - RIP

On May 4th, 1970, four Kent State students were killed by Ohio National Guard troops during a non-violent campus protest of the Nixon administration's illegal invasion of Cambodia.


Killed (and approximate distance from the National Guard):



Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Ohio Live (1974)

OHIO

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

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

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