Kent, Ohio -
Kent State Massacre Memorials
Self-guided. See where the bullets were fired at Kent State's hippie students, and the parking lot spaces where four of them died.
- Address:
- Midway Drive, Kent, OH
- Directions:
- I-76 exit 33. Drive north on Hwy 43 for a little over two miles into town. Turn right onto Hwy 59/Haymaker Pkwy. Drive east one mile. The University will be on your right. Turn right onto Midway Drive. The third building on the right will be Prentice Hall, a dorm. Turn right into the parking lot just after Prentice Hall. The four blocked-off death sites are scattered in and around this parking lot. At the back of the lot is Taylor Hall. In front of it is an abstract metal sculpture with a bullet hole.
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Kent State Killings - Bullet Hole Tour On the campus of Kent State University is a steel art structure punctured with bullet holes from the 1970 Kent State Killings of four students. There are bullet marks in the building behind the statue. There is a name plate with the names of the students killed at the base of a small hill. The bullet holes are between the name plate and the bell on top of the hill. The National Guard was standing in front of the bell. [dan chambers, 12/31/2004][RA: The area in and around the south parking lot of Prentice Hall also has four blocked-off areas that mark the spots where the four students were shot dead.]
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