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American History

twodogsbarking

(13,387 posts) Tue May 4, 2021, 07:23 AM May 2021

Today is Kent State Day.

It was a few weeks before my high school graduation.
Remember the innocent. They were portrayed as the guilty.

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Today is Kent State Day. (Original Post) twodogsbarking May 2021 OP

... hlthe2b May 2021 #1

... raging moderate May 2021 #2

One of my best friends was at the protest that day. PittBlue May 2021 #3

i remember it as well...:( samnsara May 2021 #4

hlthe2b

(109,221 posts)

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Tue May 4, 2021, 07:26 AM

May 2021

raging moderate

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Tue May 4, 2021, 07:37 AM

May 2021

PittBlue

(4,506 posts)

3. One of my best friends was at the protest that day.

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Tue May 4, 2021, 07:45 AM

May 2021

It changed her life forever and she eventually became a professor at Kent State. We visited the University a few years ago and my husband and I broke down in tears visiting the site of the murders.

samnsara

(18,482 posts)

4. i remember it as well...:(

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Tue May 4, 2021, 08:12 AM

May 2021

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