Thursday, May 04, 2006
Never Forget
May 4, 1970
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
(© Neil Young)
Nor ever forget how four unarmed people, shot down in cold blood, were denigrated, criminalized, and murdered all over again in the right-wing literature.
James Michener (of all people) wrote an excellent account in a book called simply "Kent State". Still have my dog-eared copy.
I'm a 50-year old man, and reflecting on this tragedy still brings tears to my eyes. I've never forgotten. Thank you for remembering, too.
And I still hate all fascists.
I still hate all fascists, too.
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