{"id":1463,"date":"2011-05-04T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2011-09-07T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T23:41:08","slug":"personal-kent-state-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings","title":{"rendered":"Personal | Kent State Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Growing up, I had heard numerous stories about my Dad’s somewhat wild youth. \u00a0He grew up in St. Clairsville, Ohio <\/a>and was quite\u00a0ornery. \u00a0For his 8th grade science fair project he made a distillery to make moonshine. \u00a0He would tell me tales of how he and his friends would sneak into nearby strip mines and steal\u00a0dynamite\u00a0and blow things up later. \u00a0When he reached his teenage years, he grew even more rebellious but one thing remained the same – he was always dedicated to what he believed in. \u00a0He was a 3 year letterman in the pole valut – a prior unheard of achievement at St. Clairsville since most Freshmen at the time weren’t on the varsity track team. \u00a0During his senior year, the school opted for “school” rings rather than class rings and all of the seniors protested by not joining any sports. \u00a0He may not have got a 4 year letter in the pole vault but he did get a class ring for the following year of students. \u00a0The summer before he started college, he roamed around the country with his friends and wound up in a field in New York and attended Woodstock<\/a>. \u00a0They didn’t have tickets and ended up being able to park and pitch their tent at the farmers house in trade for my Dad milking their cows. \u00a0I always loved hearing all of the stories about my Dad and where he was during this historic time in our nation. \u00a0However no story would really be more wow-worthy to my younger self than the story of the Kent State Shootings<\/a> (although, the Woodstock stuff was a close second).<\/p>\n

On May 4th, 1970 my Dad was wandering around Kent State with some friends. \u00a0They attended the protests that had been going on all morning but around noon decided they were hungry and headed off to a local bar for some beer and food. \u00a0During this time, the infamous shootings occurred killing four and wounding nine others. \u00a0People started racing into the bar, screaming and crying over what had happened and my Dad – along with his friends – were all stunned to hear what they had missed. \u00a0At the time, they were typical teenagers and more upset they missed something than realizing that it may have been pure luck that they missed it.<\/p>\n

I had heard this story many times in my youth – usually every time the anniversary came around. \u00a0However, it wasn’t until this past winter that it all really hit home. \u00a0My father had recently purchased his Canon FT SLR camera<\/a> and had brought it along that day loaded with color Kodachrome. \u00a0I had no idea until recently I was scanning slides that I had found intermingled with other images of his childhood that I had received after his mother’s death. \u00a0There are 6 images in total from that fateful day in Kent and even though it has been 3 months since I found these images, I’m still stunned that my father snapped images of that historical day. \u00a0I just got all of the copyrights back so today seemed like the perfect day to showcase my Dad’s images.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"student<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"student<\/p>\n

My favorite image from the series.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"students<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"students<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"get<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"students<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growing up, I had heard numerous stories about my Dad’s somewhat wild youth. \u00a0He grew up in St. Clairsville, Ohio and was quite\u00a0ornery. \u00a0For his 8th grade science fair project he made a distillery to make moonshine. \u00a0He would tell me tales of how he and his friends would sneak into nearby strip mines and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[1013,1016,1014,1015,1012,346,1018,1017],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-photojournalism","tag-1013","tag-kent","tag-kent-state-shooting","tag-ksu","tag-may-4th","tag-ohio","tag-protest","tag-vietnam"],"yoast_head":"\nPersonal | Kent State Shootings - Corey Ann Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Corey Ann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Corey Ann\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e\"},\"headline\":\"Personal | Kent State Shootings\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-04T15:03:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-09-07T23:41:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings\"},\"wordCount\":540,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"1970\",\"Kent\",\"Kent State Shooting\",\"KSU\",\"May 4th\",\"ohio\",\"Protest\",\"Vietnam\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Personal\",\"Photojournalism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings\",\"name\":\"Personal | Kent State Shootings - Corey Ann Photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-04T15:03:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-09-07T23:41:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Personal | Kent State Shootings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Corey Ann Photography\",\"description\":\"Northeast Ohio Wedding Photographer Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Corey Ann Photography\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png\",\"width\":1113,\"height\":507,\"caption\":\"Corey Ann Photography\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e\",\"name\":\"Corey Ann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Corey Ann\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coreyann\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Personal | Kent State Shootings - Corey Ann Photography","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Corey Ann","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings"},"author":{"name":"Corey Ann","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e"},"headline":"Personal | Kent State Shootings","datePublished":"2011-05-04T15:03:10+00:00","dateModified":"2011-09-07T23:41:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings"},"wordCount":540,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["1970","Kent","Kent State Shooting","KSU","May 4th","ohio","Protest","Vietnam"],"articleSection":["Personal","Photojournalism"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings","name":"Personal | Kent State Shootings - Corey Ann Photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-05-04T15:03:10+00:00","dateModified":"2011-09-07T23:41:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/personal\/personal-kent-state-shootings#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Personal | Kent State Shootings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/","name":"Corey Ann Photography","description":"Northeast Ohio Wedding Photographer Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Corey Ann Photography","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png","width":1113,"height":507,"caption":"Corey Ann Photography"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e","name":"Corey Ann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Corey Ann"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.coreyann.com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/coreyann"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1734,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}