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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,782 posts) Sun May 3, 2026, 08:47 AM 4 hrs ago

The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre) 56 - YEARS AGO TOMORROW

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by United States military forces, as well as protesting the National Guard presence on campus and the draft. Twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom sustained permanent paralysis. Students Allison Krause, 19, Jeffrey Miller, 20, and Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, died on the scene, while William Schroeder, 19, was pronounced dead at Robinson Memorial Hospital in nearby Ravenna shortly afterward.

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The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre) 56 - YEARS AGO TOMORROW (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm 4 hrs ago OP

I'll always remember that day. multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #1

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multigraincracker

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1. I'll always remember that day.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 08:54 AM

4 hrs ago

I was hitching a ride across Ohio and got picked up by the cops. Couldn't figure it out until I got back to Ann Arbor and heard the news. Then I had it figured out.