On the anniversary of the Kent State shootings…..
Peace Blog #2 for February
Buffalo Springfield had a hit with this song in 1967, which predated the Kent State Shootings. In my mind, though, the lyrics resonate with what happened that day….
It was a typical spring day on campus. I was walking back to my dorm after my last class of the day. I saw groups of people assembling near Williams Hall. They were setting up for some kind of speakers. It wasn’t anything unusual; there was usually something going on outside on the lawns at BGSU in the springtime. As I walked past the Student Union getting ready to head to my dorm, a young man ran up to me with a handful of flyers in his hand. I don’t remember the exact words but it said something like “Kent State Shootings. Four students murdered by the Ohio National Guard. Many others injured”
I took a…
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Retired Ruth 
I remember, too. I liked your tribute post.
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I remember Kent State vividly…participating in a peace march in Manhattan a couple of days later (and skipping school to do so)…A necklace that I wore daily “war is not healthy for children and other living things”..
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