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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Is it bad that this is the first I've heard of it?
I'm glad you started this thread, warrreagl. Crazy events.
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I can tell you lots of interesting facts about that time & the incidents at Kent State University. During the week prior to the Ohio 4 shootings, there were several, as in 100 folks from out of town, acting as visiting students there to discuss the Vietnam War in KSU symposiums, and why this (or any) war is wrong. It was totally a trumped up War as history has proven. ISSUES: Too many students knew friends their age were dying in Vietnam because they had been
DRAFTED. Also, in downtown, there were active "Weathermen" imported from Berkely, CA. and east coast schools, who were heavy duty anti-war activists- with facts, mind you! .... and the Nixon Administration was told to be on "total alert" to watch them and all others, while on campus. That's all old news. It's well documented.
Meanwhile...
The worst part was that the kids killed were mostly innocent bystanders watching anti war rallies in the quad at lunch time. It was a pretty Spring day and lottsa stuff goes on in the quad, free music, art shows, sing ins all types of fun peaceful hippie activity. I know this because my husband was there during that week & that day visiting friends & hanging out on Water Street (great music then, i.e. James Gang with Joe Walsh and many other terrific bands....).
Sadly the confrontation happened (with a protester in town) and the guardsmen got scared. Not sure who the guardsmen
first shot at.... but everyone there said it was debatable whether an order was "in truth given" to fire first, then ask questions. Most say Yes, that the guardsmen were having stones thrown at them and they were in fear of life treatning harm. Either way, it got ugly FAST and 4 young kids died, one being Susan Shrader (sp.) who had gone to high school in Boardman with my husband. She was a very passive brilliant young Jewish girl with tons of talent. She was just crossing the quad to go to her next class.
That's all I know...I'm 5 years younger than my friends who
were there. They all hate to talk about it (it was
totally wrong & our government was acting outta control) and everyone who saw this said that they were never able to understand the sickness and hate shown there on that green against college kids.
Again, kids, not foreign terrorists.
If I find out more, I'll edit this. At any rate it was a very
Important Day. Our government was oppressing students from marching against a major War.
And now we all know why college campus' try to stop rallies of this kind ever since.
Be careful where you march for Freedom. You might get shot.