For me, this date will live forever. I suspect for many of those in my generation who were paying attention, May 4, 1970 will join those dates ever etched in our brains- November 22, 1963, April 4, 1968, June 6, 1968 and so on.
I was in Spain at the time. On my way to University. I was 18 years old. I passed a kiosk early on the morning of May 5, 1970. One of those kiosks you see where newspapers and chewing gum, cigarettes and lottery tickets are sold-with newspapers clipped on a string by clothespins, like flags on a line. One picture seemed to be on the cover of just about every magazine and newspaper. I looked and looked again because I could tell that boy laying face down and the girl kneeling next to him were American kids. When I read what it was all about, I immediately slipped into a surreal state of horror and shock. Oh my God, they are shooting peaceful protesters. My life changed for good that day.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "OHIO" (click)
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
March on the 20th Anniversary of
The Kent State Massacre
Led by the late Bill Davis, VVAW
1948 - 2007
RIP Soldier of Peace
