Kevin AultMay 4, 2023

"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio."

#OTD in 1970, #KentState students Jeffery Glenn Miller (20), Allison B. Krause (19), William Knox Schroeder (19) and Sandra Lee Schener (20) were killed by the Ohio National Guard.

Show threadAmanda HugankissMay 4, 2023
@kevinault gotta get down to it
Show threadKevin AultMay 4, 2023
@AnOldGuy yes that next verse was too depressing to quote. I grew up not too far from there.
Show threadKevin Ault
@AnOldGuy to the credit of Kent State, they have remembered their history and honored the memory of those four. https://www.kent.edu/may4visitorscenter/allison-activist
Allison the Activist | Kent State University

Allison the Activist May 4 Visitors Center | Even when she was in the Bluebirds as a little girl, Allison was the leader of the pack.  – Doris Krause* My daughter Allison was not a radical. She was a feeling, caring person who was against war in Vietnam, Cambodia, Israel, or any other place. She was not a member of a radical group, but rather acted as an individual, who felt deeply.  – Arthur Krause*

May 4, 2023 at 5:57pmWeb
Show threadKevin AultMay 4, 2023
@AnOldGuy more here from that day.
Show threadAmanda HugankissMay 4, 2023
@kevinault I was 8 years old and living in England at the time. But the song…. I know very well.