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MineralMan

(146,311 posts) Fri May 4, 2018, 02:24 PM May 2018

How Many DUers Actually Remember the Kent State Killings? [View all]

I'm just curious about who has actual memory of that day. So, here's a poll:

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	Yes, I remember it. (Tell us where you were.)
	79 (81%)
	No, I was too young to remember it.
	6 (6%)
	No, I was not even born yet.
	13 (13%)
	No, I wasn't paying any attention.
	0 (0%)
	Kent State? What about Kent State?
	0 (0%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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How Many DUers Actually Remember the Kent State Killings? [View all] MineralMan May 2018 OP

I was back in college in California at the time, MineralMan May 2018 #1

I was in my last year of college in California. The shooting resonated. Shrike47 May 2018 #2

I was in Columbus, Ohio at OSU. My sister had graduated from Kent in 1969. sinkingfeeling May 2018 #3

I was 15 and already protesting the war. redstatebluegirl May 2018 #4

I was 16 years old and protesting the war. Zoonart May 2018 #12

I was in 4th Grade Va Lefty May 2018 #5

I remember Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #6

I was in 10th grade. Cattledog May 2018 #7

I was 11 mcar May 2018 #8

Freshman in High School jojog May 2018 #9

I had graduated from University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana nocoincidences May 2018 #10

I was hitch hiking back to Ann Arbor safeinOhio May 2018 #11

I did a lot of hitchhiking in those days, too. MineralMan May 2018 #15

I was living in Mexico City at the time lunatica May 2018 #13

Senior year in high school in the suburbs of Pgh. Allison livetohike May 2018 #14

HS freshman. The "Love it or leave it" flag stickers on cars lost all legitimacy. fleabiscuit May 2018 #16

In Tulsa yellerpup May 2018 #17

I was Graduating from High School nykym May 2018 #18

I was living 20 minutes away from Kent State and still do. Trust Buster May 2018 #19

I Was Only 11 Years Old Leith May 2018 #20

Sophomore in High School nightwing1240 May 2018 #21

People not voting is why we're in the spot we're in right now. MineralMan May 2018 #22

My sister's niece from Cleveland was a student at Kent State Greybnk48 May 2018 #23

I was 60 miles away in Oberlin, Ohio. kwassa May 2018 #24

I'd been on vacation in Australia, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #25

In elementary school in California. revmclaren May 2018 #26

I was in Evanston, IL, and a junior in college. greatauntoftriplets May 2018 #27

I was a junior in high school. mantis49 May 2018 #28

I was 17 and I think Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #29

Me too. Smallish town in Oregon. Hippies were frowned on. Kittycow May 2018 #145

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #146

I don't specifically remember that afternoon, but sure remember the immediate aftermath. Yonnie3 May 2018 #30

I was in high school Thunderbeast May 2018 #31

I was a junior at the U of W in Seattle. We had protests at our school as a result of the killings. jalan48 May 2018 #32

It happened the spring I was graduating from high school csziggy May 2018 #33

I remember it--I was a young wife and mom with a 4 year old daughter at home... CaliforniaPeggy May 2018 #34

Do you know I still have my Gene McCarthy campaign materials, including the "daisy" bumperstickers Hekate May 2018 #114

Middle schooler. Ilsa May 2018 #35

In college, organizing a teach in to explain the bombings in Cambodia grantcart May 2018 #36

I just finished my third year of college. NT 49jim May 2018 #37

I was like 8 years old at the time... MrScorpio May 2018 #38

I was 8 too, but I do remember being conscious of the assasinations and Squinch May 2018 #129

First year of high school fmdaddio May 2018 #39

I was 20 years old...... a kennedy May 2018 #40

Wasn't born yet Blue_Tires May 2018 #41

I was still in elementary school but I remember this Gothmog May 2018 #42

Thanks for all the responses. Keep them coming. MineralMan May 2018 #43

I was on my 2nd tour of duty in Vietnam when this happened john657 May 2018 #44

I was in 8th grade TexasBushwhacker May 2018 #45

I was a freshman in college in FL. dameatball May 2018 #46

Still in Memphis. Must have been seventh grade at that time. Laffy Kat May 2018 #47

U of Hawai'i, and glad to be there. I didn't understand the Mainland and the violence sickened me Hekate May 2018 #48

How many of you remember Jackson State several weeks later? Stargleamer May 2018 #49

I remember the images on TV that night rurallib May 2018 #100

Freshman in college, Illinois. Canoe52 May 2018 #50

Mary Ann Vecchio briefly attended my high school afterward. Scurrilous May 2018 #51

The next day was Armed Forces Day Capperdan May 2018 #52

My Mom was on the cover of Time (Not really) Boxerfan May 2018 #53

Pursuing an advanced degree somewhere in the continental U.S. I am not saying more because I rzemanfl May 2018 #54

SF Bay Area Brother Buzz May 2018 #55

I was in 8th Grade in Houston, Tx. kairos12 May 2018 #56

+++ I have figured that out also .... lunasun May 2018 #163

Senior in high school, South Louisiana catrose May 2018 #169

gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down.... infullview May 2018 #57

I was in Michigan, in Junior High. LisaM May 2018 #58

I was out of college, working, and waiting for my draft notice May 4, 1970. Elwood P Dowd May 2018 #59

High school senior in DC area. 50 Shades Of Blue May 2018 #60

Living at home Doc_Technical May 2018 #61

I enlisted in the USAF in 1965. No lottery then. MineralMan May 2018 #64

I was back home in north Georgia, working, out of the Army for three years Glorfindel May 2018 #62

I was curious to hear where people were at the time. MineralMan May 2018 #67

Well, you have set me to thinking, MineralMan Glorfindel May 2018 #107

I was finishing up 6th grade and almost 12. tosh May 2018 #63

Yes, I was in Nam. pwb May 2018 #65

You're right about that. Elwood P Dowd May 2018 #77

Can't disagree, but regular military had plenty of gung-ho types ready to kill innocent Asians too. Hoyt May 2018 #168

8 years old; picked up the paper JenniferJuniper May 2018 #66

Wow! That must have made an impression on you. MineralMan May 2018 #70

Such were the times. JenniferJuniper May 2018 #78

Yes. MineralMan May 2018 #108

8th grade. Saw it on the evening news. LeftInTX May 2018 #68

Me too, 8th grade Freddie May 2018 #106

I was young, married lillypaddle May 2018 #69

How sad that your father said that! MineralMan May 2018 #71

Yeah, he was a real Archie Bunker lillypaddle May 2018 #73

So was my dad. LeftInTX May 2018 #121

Wow, those were horrific times lillypaddle May 2018 #148

I think this was the general attitude of the day for many people. Alea May 2018 #103

They felt threatened by LeftInTX May 2018 #122

That's how Nixon won Freddie May 2018 #132

It was beyond me lillypaddle May 2018 #147

We drove into SF that afternoon. WhiteTara May 2018 #72

Thank you for doing that! MineralMan May 2018 #74

I was in a friend's driveway playing hoops KPN May 2018 #75

should have added vaguely remember it. mopinko May 2018 #76

Terre Haute, Indiana, teaching at the Univ. planetc May 2018 #79

in college CanisCrocinus May 2018 #80

Junior in High School MuseRider May 2018 #81

In my senior year of high school DFW May 2018 #82

I was at Boston U. heaven05 May 2018 #83

Just finished my 4 year Navy hitch Submariner May 2018 #84

it was the day after my 20th birthday. I was in college. Remember it well. n/t Hamlette May 2018 #85

I remember - it was fucking shocking - and we had a sit-down in high school the next day. jpak May 2018 #86

I do I was there for little sis week. samplegirl May 2018 #87

Salem NH. About to graduate eighth grade in a month or so. maveric May 2018 #88

I was a freshman in high school in prairierose May 2018 #89

It was ancient history to me by the time I learned about it. Alea May 2018 #90

A short video from Dan Rather videos. fleabiscuit May 2018 #91

Thanks fleabiscuit Alea May 2018 #98

I was 14, in middle school. It was into my arthritisR_US May 2018 #92

4th grade in Houston GrapesOfWrath May 2018 #93

Was in Dayton, Ohio aka-chmeee May 2018 #94

High school in Florida. Ligyron May 2018 #95

Sophomore in college in Potsdam, NY fierywoman May 2018 #96

NYU annabanana May 2018 #97

I believe I was at a rally back at the U of Iowa that day rurallib May 2018 #99

I was 15, in high school in Dayton. OilemFirchen May 2018 #101

In the Marine Corps Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2018 #102

I remember it. I had been living in Ohio and remember getting college info from Kent. Vinca May 2018 #104

I was in 8th grade back then. DinahMoeHum May 2018 #105

Again, thanks for all the replies! MineralMan May 2018 #109

We really appreciate you asking for our memories! FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #139

They're great to read! MineralMan May 2018 #141

Well, you shouldn't be. Beyond the subject matter, just your name on a post makes people FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #142

I was a senior at Emory University in Atlanta redstateblues May 2018 #110

I was in college (upstate New York) Golden Raisin May 2018 #111

Fairbanks, Alaska raven mad May 2018 #112

I was 14, living about an hour south of Columbus, OH Maeve May 2018 #113

I was 20, BarbaRosa May 2018 #115

working at my first job onethatcares May 2018 #116

Senior in High School. We organized a general school strike from my house for May 8th... FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #117

I was in college myself Raine May 2018 #118

This thread is making me choke up, MM. I remember being shocked but NOT surprised... Hekate May 2018 #119

Yes. It's bringing everyone's personal memories MineralMan May 2018 #136

I had just got out of the Army in March. The Saturday following Kent State doc03 May 2018 #120

I am feeling the gender gap here. I was not born until a quarter of a century Exotica May 2018 #123

How many remember the Orangeburg killings at South Carolina State in 1968? Squinch May 2018 #124

I was only 10 coeur_de_lion May 2018 #125

I was attending San Fernando Valley State College (now CSU Northridge)... VOX May 2018 #126

It freaked me out. honest.abe May 2018 #127

I was seven and living in Middletown Ohio. airmid May 2018 #128

I was in the apt we shared in college lying on the sofa when it came on the TV. n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #130

I remember it clearly PJMcK May 2018 #131

I was a junior at the University of Missouri - Columbia. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #133

In a college class, NYC eleny May 2018 #134

Attending university. guillaumeb May 2018 #135

Was vaguely aware of it but much more aware MaryMagdaline May 2018 #137

The Song was by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #166

Yea my cousin posted the song on FB yesterday MaryMagdaline May 2018 #191

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2018 #138

In high school. TomSlick May 2018 #140

So are these the people the establishment was afraid of? Alea May 2018 #143

Yeah, pretty much. MineralMan May 2018 #144

I was in High School Wolf Frankula May 2018 #149

I was probably at work. I can't recall it making too much of an impression. FarCenter May 2018 #150

Junior High in NJ redwitch May 2018 #151

I was at a friend's house in Woburn, MA Frances May 2018 #152

Remember it clearly orangecrush May 2018 #153

I was at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. raging moderate May 2018 #154

I was a junior in high school dflprincess May 2018 #155

I was a sophmore in high school ladym55 May 2018 #156

This message was self-deleted by its author mulsh May 2018 #157

This entire post says something about the boomer generation DBoon May 2018 #158

That's a profound thought, DBoon PJMcK May 2018 #180

Yes, it does. I hope that gets noticed. MineralMan May 2018 #192

I was a junior in high school. Mugu May 2018 #159

Eighth grade history class. John1956PA May 2018 #160

I remember it and I was at Indiana University then karynnj May 2018 #161

I was a working on learning to talk in two word sentences and struggling with grasping pronouns. herding cats May 2018 #162

Sixth grade. McCamy Taylor May 2018 #164

I was a senior in high school Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #165

I was a senior in high school KT2000 May 2018 #167

I was a little kid. Tracyjo May 2018 #170

Ann Arbor. GeorgeGist May 2018 #171

HS Freshman wondering WTF was going on... Historic NY May 2018 #172

I was a student at UCLA mnhtnbb May 2018 #173

I was 12. It was the day before my birthday. phylny May 2018 #174

i was home with our first, month-old baby, Hortensis May 2018 #181

Fresh back from VietNam Homer Wells May 2018 #175

I was a Junior in High School. Are_grits_groceries May 2018 #176

I was in Dayton Ohio wasupaloopa May 2018 #177

i grew up hearing about it, but didnt' live the event Demovictory9 May 2018 #178

I was a sophomore in High school. wendyb-NC May 2018 #179

I was 14 years old sellitman May 2018 #182

I was 16 and in high school just outside of Pittsburgh Guilded Lilly May 2018 #183

Housecleaning in our first home cyclonefence May 2018 #184

US Army, Berlin, Gemany. Short-timer, with just a couple of months to go. rgbecker May 2018 #185

At the time I was almost 12 & in GWC58 May 2018 #186

I was a young housewife with a 3 yr old. Living in NYC. Will never forget this. secondwind May 2018 #187

I was in a small town about 15 mikes outside KSU captain queeg May 2018 #188

Honolulu kpete May 2018 #189

Well this is embarrassing Runningdawg May 2018 #190

Saturday Morning, and I want to thank everyone again who posted MineralMan May 2018 #193

I was in college in Florida -- everyone was terrified and very angry. It felt like the Nay May 2018 #194

I was a freshman at TCU. displacedtexan May 2018 #195

I'm 65 and about 30 miles east. JohnnyRingo May 2018 #196

I see this thread is still going, thought I'd add a bit to my previous post. captain queeg Jun 2018 #197