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Community remembers 50th anniversary of Kent State University shootings

By Associated Press

May 4, 2020

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A man reads the Ohio historical marker commemorating the Kent State shootings, on Monday in Kent, Ohio. The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. Not all of those hurt or killed were involved in the demonstration, which opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
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Rainbow Bear, left, and Carol Meyer participate during a memorial in Kent, Ohio.
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Maureen Schubert, who was at the protest in 1970, looks toward the memorials from the pagoda on Blanket Hill in Kent, Ohio.
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Ohio National Guard soldiers move in on war protestors at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, on May 4, 1970. Four persons were killed and multiple people were wounded when National Guardsmen opened fire. The school, about 30 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, had planned an elaborate multi-day commemoration for the 50th anniversary. The events were canceled because of social distancing restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some events, activities and resources are being made available online.
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Flowers rest at the memorial site for William Schroeder in Kent, Ohio.
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People congregate at the top of daffodil hill in commemoration of slain and injured students in Kent, Ohio.
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Rainbow Bear sits at a memorial for Allison Krause in Kent, Ohio.
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A chalk message left by the memorial for Jeffery Miller is shown, Monday, in Kent, Ohio.
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The victory bell is shown with Taylor Hall in the background, Monday, in Kent, Ohio. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Ohio National Guard opening fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured in the confrontation.
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Carol Meyer adds the names of the dead and a peace sign to a sculpture on Monday in Kent, Ohio.
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A memorial on the Kent State University campus site where four students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, were killed when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire May 4, 1970 during a student protest against the escalation of the war in Vietnam. In addition to the four students killed, nine were wounded in the 13 seconds it took 28 guardsmen to get off 67 rounds.
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A Kent State University campus memorial stands where four students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, were killed when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire May 4, 1970 during a student protest against the escalation of the war in Vietnam. In addition to the four students killed, nine were wounded in the 13 seconds it took 28 guardsmen to get off 67 rounds.
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Bill Pressler takes a photo on Sunday of a bullet hole in Solar Totem #1, a Donald Drumm sculpture, made by an Ohio National Guardsman's bullet on May 4, 1970 while firing on students during an anti-Vietnam protest on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio. Four students were killed and nine were wounded in the 13 seconds it took 28 guardsmen to get off 67 rounds.
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