In the spring of 1970, I was completing teaching degree and would be graduating at the end of the quarter at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIU). After the Kent State massacre, like many colleges and universities, SIU shut down. There were demonstrations on the campus and in downtown Carbondale, which lead to calling up the National Guard. As a veteran against the war, I too was in the streets. It was a trying time for college administrations and the country in general – a time I will never forget, etched in my mind by John Filo’s Pulitzer photo.
It is now hard to believe that this Tuesday will be the 40th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre and sadly we still are sending our troops into harms way for false reasons. To learn more about the time forty years ago and since, go to Veterans Today Network where you will learn that we are still seeking the truth after forty years. Additionally, Michael Moore is conducting a Kent State Truth Tribunal daily through Tuesday.
kenne
OHIO
By Neil Young
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We’re finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We’re finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Photo Source: The Digital Journalist
40 years…..a lot has happened in that time…yet some things never change….why is that?
. . . good question!