As remarkably captured by Neil Young and (CSNY) in that poignant song, which never fails to bring me to tears.

RIP

My alma mater ..........

If you haven't been to the museum, it's worth the trip.

at Kent State is well worth the visit, if you're ever in the neighborhood.

but I'm half afraid I'll be too depressed to make it all the way through.

Her life was forever changed. She worked in the criminal justice system in Ohio for years. She got her Doctorate when she turned 60 and is now a professor at Kent State.

In all, at least 29 of the 77 guardsmen claimed to have fired their weapons, using an estimate of 67 rounds of ammunition.

Let that sink in. This was no accident.

All 77 guardsmen would be firing their AR-47's indiscriminately. They'd mow down every protester standing on that field.

In 1970 there were Vietnam war protests on virtually every college campus in the US. But in those days the National Guard looked on the protesters as their friends and neighbors. Nowadays they'd all be treated as "enemies."

Kent State, Jackson State... spring is in the air.

-- Mal

...driving thru Ohio, as this story was breaking over the radio. I did not realize the significance at the time.

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Four dead in Ohio.

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If you haven't already, you should check out this cover of Neil Young's Ohio.

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I was a very young chlld when this happened so I have no real memory of it, but I believe it is one of the greatest shames of our nation.
I hope we never have to see anything like this happen again, but to be honest, if things keep going the way they are I don't have a lot of faith.