On April 30th, 1970, U.S. President Richard Nixon addressed the
nation in a televised broadcast in which he explained that
American military troops, engaged in the Vietnam War, had been
sent into neighboring Cambodia. This action — perceived by many
as an expansion of the war and an invasion of another country —
came in the midst of an already contentious national mood over
the Vietnam War. Student protests over the war had already
occurred on many college campuses. With the Cambodian invasion,
more protesting ensued, including protests at Kent State
University, located in the town of Kent in the northeastern
Ohio, not far from the Pennsylvania border. In the town of Kent,
on Friday evening, May 1st, following daytime demonstrations on
campus, some store fronts were damaged, leading to a call to
Ohio Governor James Rhodes and his activation of a National
Guard unit.On Saturday, May 2nd, some students helped clean up
the damage that had occurred in town. However, that evening, an
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