Kent in Portage County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site of the Shooting of Kent State Students May 4, 1970

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 23, 2025

1. Site of the Shooting of Kent State Students May 4, 1970 Marker

Inscription. Site of the Shooting of Kent State Students May 4, 1970
Has Been Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior

Erected by United States Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • War, Vietnam. A significant historical date for this entry is May 4, 1970.

Location. 41° 9.008′ N, 81° 20.663′ W. Marker is in Kent, Ohio, in Portage County. It is on Midway Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Midway Drive, Kent OH 44243, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The May 4, 1970, Kent State Shootings Site

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(here, next to this marker); Further Tragedy Averted (within shouting distance of this marker); Solar Totem #1 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Day the War Came Home (within shouting distance of this marker); May 4 National Historic Landmark Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Practice Field: End of the Advance / Thirteen Seconds (within shouting distance of this marker); Law and Order and Dissent (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas M. Grace 163 ft (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kent.

Also see . . . Ohio SP May 4, 1970, Kent State Shootings Site. <blockquote>While President Richard Nixon's own comment on the shootings asserted authoritarian values and lacked sympathy—...this watershed moment spurred the spread of antiwar sentiment throughout the nation, crossing over the generation gap. What Nixon failed to see, his staff recognized: "Kent State" was one of the major symbolic events of the Vietnam War as well as the 1960's, marking the beginning of the end of Nixon's presidency. (Submitted on June 10, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.)

National Register of Historic Places Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 23, 2025

2. National Register of Historic Places Marker

The marker is located near the entrance to Taylor Hall, site of the May 4 Visitors Center.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 114 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.