KENT, Ohio — Atop Blanket Hill, a brass plaque reads “Ohio National Guard Firing Position.” A nearby steel sculpture is marred by a bullet hole. Smaller, circular plaques dot one side of the hill and the asphalt parking lot below, all signaling spots on the Kent State University campus where nine students were shot and wounded by soldiers on May 4, 1970.
Decades after Kent State shooting, the tragic legacy shapes its activism
The university where 13 student protesters were killed or injured during the Vietnam War era worries that other schools have learned nothing from its history.
May 4, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT