On May 4, 1970, 56 years ago, members of the National Guard faced anti-Vietnam war protesters on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. The student protest was prompted by President Richard Nixon's announcement on April 30 that U.S. troops would invade Cambodia, intensifying the already unpopular war in Vietnam. The subsequent deadly confrontation would be known as the Kent State Massacre, and was immortalized in one of Crosby's best rock …
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On May 4, 1970, 56 years ago, members of the National Guard faced anti-Vietnam war protesters on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. The student protest was prompted by President Richard Nixon's announcement on April 30 that U.S. troops would invade Cambodia, intensifying the already unpopular war in Vietnam. The subsequent deadly confrontation would be known as the Kent State Massacre, and was immortalized in one of Crosby's best rock …