On the recordJune 11, 2025
Mr. Speaker, those are the lyrics to the song ``Ohio,'' written after the National Guard was deployed at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others. As a bright-eyed 17-year-old, I started college at Kent State University. I lived in Prentice Hall. In the parking lot lies a memorial where each student who was killed by the Ohio National Guard died. It is still there, and it serves as a reminder to all who pass by of what happens when you deploy the military against its own citizens. The lives of Allison Krause, William Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller, and Sandra Scheuer were cut too short but should not be in vain because we know the consequences of what happens when the National Guard is deployed against its citizens: tragedy, four dead in Ohio.
Said by
Diane S. Sykes
Source
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