Note: I posted this about this about 5 years ago - thought I would bring it back for some of our younger folks who may not know about it.
May 4th, 1970 - 48 years ago today. I was 13 years old. I pedaled my bike to a vacant lot where I picked up my newspapers to fold them, stuff'em in my basket and go throw my route. I remember breaking open that first bundle and seeing the headline:
Guardsmen Shoot four dead at Kent State
and this picture:
That picture stuck in my brain for years. An anti-war protest at Kent State had turned violent with rock throwing and the torching of buildings. Some young, scared and poorly trained guardsmen panicked and opened fire, killing four students. Reading accounts of it today brings back alot of memories - it seemed like the whole country was coming apart at the seams. I remember people of my parent's WWII generation saying "Out-of control, knucklehead college students! It was a tragic mistake but they brought it on themselves!" . It was a strange, crazy time. With our country so divided these days and emotions running high we need to remember we've been through worse before. May God grant that cooler heads once again prevail
link to song referred to in thread title:
May 4th, 1970 - 48 years ago today. I was 13 years old. I pedaled my bike to a vacant lot where I picked up my newspapers to fold them, stuff'em in my basket and go throw my route. I remember breaking open that first bundle and seeing the headline:
Guardsmen Shoot four dead at Kent State
and this picture:
That picture stuck in my brain for years. An anti-war protest at Kent State had turned violent with rock throwing and the torching of buildings. Some young, scared and poorly trained guardsmen panicked and opened fire, killing four students. Reading accounts of it today brings back alot of memories - it seemed like the whole country was coming apart at the seams. I remember people of my parent's WWII generation saying "Out-of control, knucklehead college students! It was a tragic mistake but they brought it on themselves!" . It was a strange, crazy time. With our country so divided these days and emotions running high we need to remember we've been through worse before. May God grant that cooler heads once again prevail
link to song referred to in thread title:
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