a
reference to a
series of protest rallies against the
Vietnam war, which occurred across the United
States during the summer of 1970. The protests were
initiated when the United
States escalated the
war by sending troops into Cambodia. It was during one of these protests at
Kent State University in
Kent,
Ohio that two men and two women were killed and eight others were wounded by National Guard troops
sent there to keep the
rally under
control.