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WhiteTara

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25. It was my eye opening moment as well

Reply to bluescribbler (Reply #13)

Thu May 4, 2023, 09:00 AM

May 2023

I believed that our parents still loved us and that notion was shattered on the spot. I became anti war and that began my first protest march. I've been to so many since then. When * started the Iraq War I was in SF demonstrating and in the crowd, some of my early protest marching friends appeared. We held each other and cried all the way to the end.

Nothing has changed except I am now an apostate.

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May 4, 1970 - Kent State. Never Forget [View all] lastlib May 2023 OP

Yes. I was on Ohio State's campus. sinkingfeeling May 2023 #1

I was at Akron U's campus about 10 miles away. I will never forget May 4th. marble falls May 2023 #2

NEVER FORGET. Diamond_Dog May 2023 #3

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Four dead in ohio keithbvadu2 May 2023 #4

That was an Intense song! electric_blue68 May 2023 #24

Neil Young wrote that Bernardo de La Paz May 2023 #33

Took history of the Vietnam war at Kent state in 1990 JT45242 May 2023 #5

I remember that, too. The Then Still Liberal NY Post had it on their Front Page. electric_blue68 May 2023 #10

Thank you! I was looking to see if someone had posted about this. raccoon May 2023 #6

I was in high school dreading the draft when I graduated jpak May 2023 #7

I've been hazy on the actual date But Not The Event itself. I was a HS electric_blue68 May 2023 #8

The date stays in my mind for 3 reasons. wnylib May 2023 #17

Well, woah! Those are (particularly the two actually there) darn "good" reasons to remember! electric_blue68 May 2023 #20

They weren't actually there on the wnylib May 2023 #26

I was 21 and at Penn State. I was very active in the protest FraDon May 2023 #30

Did she think that you travelled from wnylib May 2023 #34

I forgot the punch line. FraDon May 2023 #38

Oh. I can see the confusion. wnylib May 2023 #39

I was a student at Northwestern. Ptah May 2023 #9

I was at Valparaiso University. murielm99 May 2023 #31

I. F. Stone was a true investigative reporter GreenWave May 2023 #11

I remember the comments of people who said wnylib May 2023 #19

Oh, THAT is some story! My dad introduced me to I. F. Stone's writings. electric_blue68 May 2023 #21

I'll have to look into that book. Thanks for the tip! lastlib May 2023 #36

An old friend and former classmate of mine was there the day it happened FakeNoose May 2023 #12

Yikes. 🕯️ electric_blue68 May 2023 #23

I never will. bluescribbler May 2023 #13

It was my eye opening moment as well WhiteTara May 2023 #25

It was the beginning of mine as well... lastlib May 2024 #41

I read that book, too. bluescribbler May 2024 #42

A friend of mine was a Kent student at the time. wnylib May 2023 #14

I will never forget. This was a turning point in my life. ashredux May 2023 #15

THAT'S the horrifying photo I was expecting to see again, today. Paladin May 2023 #16

Recommended. H2O Man May 2023 #18

Thank you for remembering. JohnnyRingo May 2023 #22

Four Innocent Lives Lost. The Guilty Murderers Walked Free. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #27

I knew the photographer....... MyOwnPeace May 2023 #28

I will never forget. The date means more to me than any other date in US history. yardwork May 2023 #29

That Changed Me! McKim May 2023 #32

Nixon was a vile piece of crap, wasn't he? flying_wahini May 2023 #35

So touched to read all of these memories! lastlib May 2023 #37

Survivors see echoes in today's campus protests (AP) quaint May 2024 #40