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dixiegrrrrl

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11. I STILL get a visceral reaction when I see Nixon, as in the pic you posted.

Reply to rug (Reply #10)

Fri May 4, 2012, 09:02 PM

May 2012

Deep, abiding, intense, passionate, with every fiber of my being anger at him.
We were very intense back then, so much was going on, many of us really thought the country would end in civil war.

and now look where we are.
All that sacrifice, all those marches and protests and bloodshed and horrific losses,
here and in Viet Nam.
To be where we are now.
Heart breaking.

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"Na Na-na-na na na na na..." May 4, 1970 [View all] stlsaxman May 2012 OP

K&R because we really do need to remember...n/t zeemike May 2012 #1

I'll never forget it. Thank you for posting. yardwork May 2012 #2

K&R JohnnyRingo May 2012 #3

Living within a 35 minute commute of Kent State, each year I always take a drive there Ninga May 2012 #4

Those wounded that day STILL seek answers: FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #5

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, benld74 May 2012 #6

Oh-Boy, Oh-Boy! Do I remember how my Dad STILL supported Nixon DianaForRussFeingold May 2012 #7

Mr Santayana was incomplete in his statement... malthaussen May 2012 #8

"What's Past Is Prologue" William Shakespeare from his play The Tempest. DianaForRussFeingold May 2012 #9

Followed by Jackson State. rug May 2012 #10

I STILL get a visceral reaction when I see Nixon, as in the pic you posted. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #11

I'm with you. rug May 2012 #12

Oh, I was looking for archival footage of this..Thank You! DianaForRussFeingold May 2012 #13