Recent Commemorations

May 4, 2010 Dedication Former State Representative Kathleen Chandler and former U.S. Rep. and current Kent State University Trustee Dennis Eckart prepare to cut the ribbon dedicating the May 4 historic site’s listing on the National Register of Historic Places and the opening of the May 4 Walking Tour during the 40th commemoration of the shootings that occurred at Kent State on May 4, 1970. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Walking Tour with Group Dr. Jerry M. Lewis, Kent State University professor emeritus of sociology, leads the first group to take the May 4 Walking Tour on the historic site where the May 4, 1970, shootings took place on the Kent State campus. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Walking Tour at Panel A group of people read one of the panel markers along the May 4 Walking Tour on the campus of Kent State University. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Victory Bell A Kent State University student and member of the May 4 Task Force rings the Victory Bell on the Commons during the 40th commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Doves Mary Ann Vecchio, the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken on May 4, 1970, releases a dove during the 40th commemoration of the shootings. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Commemoration Attendees People of all ages attend the 40th commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Embrace Attendees of the 2010 commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University embrace during a solemn moment. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 National Register of Historic Places Kent State University professors Carole Barbato, Mark Seeman, Laura Davis and Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis pose with the National Register of Historical Places plaque on the site of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State. The four were the driving force behind getting the designation for the May 4 site. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Candlelight March Participants in the annual candlelight march and vigil of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University make their way down East Main Street in Kent during the 40th commemoration. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

May 4, 2010 Candlelight Vigil During the 2010 candlelight vigil, a man stands in the spot where Kent State University Allison Krause died during the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State. (Photo courtesy of Kent State University)

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