Yes, this happened at Kent State University when students were peacefully protesting the Vietnam War.
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it was about the killings of four students by the Ohio national guard at kent state university during an anti-war demonstration on May 4, 1970
On May 4, 1970, four students were killed and nine wounded by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. The students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia, announced by Richard Nixon the week before. Kent State University
One of the most infamous demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place at Kent State University, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on Kent State students and protesters and four were killed and eleven were wounded. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. Two students were killed by police during a demonstration at another college. The Guardsmen at Kent State claimed they had fired in self defense. Some of those killed were students going to class and not even taking part in the demonstration. There is still dispute over the shootings.
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The song is called "Ohio." The students were killed at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio on May 4, 1970.
During an anti-war protest the National Guardsmen sent by the Governer to quell the protest, shot into the crowd of unarmed protesters, onlookers and passers-by 67 times for 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
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Sherman was wounded in battle. He was wounded in the hand during the Battle of Shiloh. In addition, he had two horses shot out from under him.
There were many demonstrations against the war which took the form of sit ins in college and high school campuses, marches both for and against the war, and editorials written for and against the war. One of the most infamous demonstrations took place at Kent State University, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on Kent State students and protesters and four were killed and eleven were wounded. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. Two students were killed by police during a demonstration at another college. The Guardsmen at Kent State claimed they had fired in self defense. Some of those killed were students going to class and not even taking part in the demonstration. There is still dispute over the shootings. The legal aftermath of the May 4 shootings ended in January of 1979 with an out-of-court settlement involving a statement signed by 28 defendants and a monetary settlement paid by the University.