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In reply to the discussion: How Many DUers Actually Remember the Kent State Killings? [View all]rurallib
(62,485 posts)things are a bit mushed together for that time period.
My recollection is that there was an anti-war rally at the Old capitol on the U of Iowa campus.
It was in the morning so actually before the Kent State massacre.
Our democratic senator Harold Hughes addressed the crowd from the step of the Old Capitol. I was on the steps quite close to him as I had been recruited as a body guard of sorts.
This did happen and I think it was on that day. It was close to that day for sure.
I sure remember there was a tenseness it the atmosphere. Police were nearby. Our rally went smoothly and broke up after about an hour. I think there was still an hour or so before Kent State.
When I heard about it I was having lunch with some friends. We all just got sad.