13 seconds, 67 bullets, 9 wounded, and 4 dead in Ohio. May 4, 1970 : Never Forget.

Carol Meyer holds a candle in the parking lot next to Taylor Hall where Jeffrey Miller was killed by Ohio National Guardsmen May 4, 1970.

May 4, 2011 :

This year's commemoration was different.  It was held inside, in the Ballroom.  Paula and I usually do the candlelight vigil at 11pm on the 3rd, then spend the day together on the 4th.  Paula wasn't well enough to walk in the rain or spend the day at Kent this year.  Allison Krause's cousin gave an amazing speech about her cousin who was killed at Kent State University when she was barely a year old. 

Nobody sat in the tulips, like usual, and there were no boots.  We stood in silence while they rang the victory bell outside on the commons.  We couldn't hear it in the Ballroom.

It's an important part of Kent State history.  To never forget how one day the National Guard fired -- unprovoked into a crowd of students who were exercising their right to gather and protest when Nixon announced his plan to order an invasion of Cambodia. www.kent.edu/may4