40th Anniversary - May 4, 1970

Lest We Forget ... Four Dead in Ohio

I remember the Kent State shootings and wrote about it in my ninth grade journal in Mr. Stander's class. That was 40 years ago today. I lived less than 200 miles from Kent State University.

After Lyndon Johnson left the presidency, I had really hoped the Richard Nixon would quickly bring an end to the war in Vietnam. It wasn't as quick as we thought (sound familiar?).

In the late 1990's, I was in a group in Houston and one gentleman's name sounded familiar. When I asked him if he was perhaps in someway related to a victim of the Kent State Four, he said, that yes, one was his daughter.

"I am so sorry to have asked," I said.

"No, thanks you so much for remembering," he said.

As I teach, I have become so attached to the students. They are our future. How sad we lost William Schroeder, Sandra Scheuer, Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause on May 4, 1970.

for more info ...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/05/04/kent-state-40-years-on-why-four-died-in-ohio/

Four Dead in Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
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?

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are cutting 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's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.