A Sad Anniversary

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Just three weeks after California Republican Governor Ronald Reagan's declaration about student protests, "If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with", on May 4, 1970, National Guard troops ordered onto Kent State campus by Ohio Republican Governor James Rhodes, due to protests over Republican President Richard Nixon's expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, fired 67 bullets into crowds of students.

William Knox Schroeder (July 20, 1950 - May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University, Ohio. He was shot in the back at a distance of 332 feet going from one class to the next. He died with a folder in his hand.



Sandra Lee Scheuer (August 11, 1949 - May 4, 1970) was a 20-year-old was an honors student in speech therapy at Kent State University. She was shot in the throat from a distance of 130 yards while walking from one class to the next.



Jeffrey Glenn Miller (March 28, 1950 – May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University, Ohio. He was shot in the mouth at a distance of 270 feet.



Allison Krause (April 23, 1951 - May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University. She was shot in the back at a distance of 343 feet.



Nine other students were injured from shots fired, with one spinal cord injury resulting in permanent paralysis.

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young wrote the song "Ohio" about the event. The 45 single record was originally packaged in the Bill of Rights, highlighting the right to peacefully assemble.

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The Famous Photo: Jeffrey Miller dead at 19, he would have been 57 this year.