Joe,+John,+Chris

Neil Young (1970)
====//__**A Famous Quote From David Crosby, one of the song writers**__ "It's still hard to believe I had to write this song. It's ironic that I capitalized on the death of these American students. Probably the most important lesson ever learned at an American place of learning. David Crosby cried after this take."[|http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ohio.htm]This quote shows how upset David Crosby was while writing this song//====

__**//Another quote is from Jimmy McDonough, Young's biographer.//**__ " In ten lines, Young captured the fear, frustration and anger felt by the youth across the country and set it to a lumbering D-modal death march that hammered home the dread" []. In this quote Jimmy is saying that Young easly captured the greif and horror that had filled the hearts of the victims' classmates, friends, and families.

Tin Soldiers And Nixon's Bombing We're Finally On Our Own This Summer I Hear The Drumming Four Dead In Ohio
 * Ohio **

Gotta Get Down To It Soldiers Are Gunning Us Down Should Of Been Done Long Ago What If You Knew Her And Found Her Dead On The Ground How Can You Run When You Know

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Tin Soldiers And Nixon's Bombing We're Finally On Our Own This Summer I Hear The Drumming Four Dead In Ohio

Four Dead In Ohio Four Dead In Ohio Four Dead In Ohio Four Dead In Ohio

The lyrics of this song are talking about the Kent State shooting on May 4, 1970 in it talks about how this shooting was wrong and it should have never happened. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming," refers to the Ohio National Guardsman who killed the student protesters "[]" Immediately after the Kent State shooting May 4, 1970, Neil Young worte the song Ohio, after looking at photos appearing in Life magazine. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young went to the studio and recorded the song which was released to radio stations shortly after the killings. Soon, the lyrics "Four dead in Ohio" was a protest song, and it was released a single and hit number 14 on the Billboard top 100 list. [|http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ohio.htm]

 The first day of Protest, Friday, May 1 turned into a violent riot and local police forces weren't enough to stop the protesters. The next day the Mayor Satrom met with other city officials. Fearing the rumors that radical revolutionaries were planning to destroy Kent University and the city, they sent in a request to send in the national guard. Mayor Satrom thought that the local police forces weren't enough to handle the rioting. The Shooting at Kent University on May 4 The national guard had been given orders to disperse the crowd and the protest was banned. A Kent state police officer used a bullhorn to send the message but was ignored. Jeeps were sent into the middle of the crowd to get the protesters attention. After being forced to retreat from protesters throwing rocks, the national guard threw tear gas into the crowd. Protesters ran to the football field and continued to throw rocks at the national guard. At this time 28 of the national guard turned around and fired. Most of the shots were in the air or ground, but a few of the guardsmen shot into the crowd killing four students and injuring nine. http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/lewis/lewihen.htm
 * __The Kent State Shooting On May 4,1970__** [[image:kent_state.jpg width="361" height="288" align="right"]]

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