His book tonight, moments of truth, is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [applause] howard first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw, and his parents are here. People from near where i live. But most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real, good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff, and laura kept me organized and kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much of a focus on where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me at the beginning before i attended kent state, my introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts wi
Truth yt is a collection of more than 150 of the photos that surround kent state massacre of 1970 and in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [ applause ] well, first of all, it is nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives, my daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here and it is really kind of people from where i live. But most of all i have to thank my wife for being here. My wife laura, if shell just raise her hand. [ applause ] as most of you know whenever you endeavor on a real good project your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff and kept me organized and kept me going and made sure i didnt lose too much of a focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state. My introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts with when
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Well, i dont know what im going to do now. Im going against my will, you know. And i might as well go in there and get it over with. Do you have any family . Yeah. I have a mother and father. Do they know youre going in today. Right. I talked to my mother last night. How did she feel about it . Upset. Yeah. What did she say. Well she said just take care and write me every day. Ive tried to. Theres no way. So what is your family going to do when youre away . Live. Worry, i guess. Well weve been hes been drafted before. And he just didnt go. And we tried everything. Medical excuse and everything and like right now im pregnant and i dont know what im going to do. The president said vietnam is this nations most anguishing problem but said the middle east is the most dangerous. He stressed that u. S. Military strength in the u. N. Now, ricky, do you want to eat something . What . Maybe ricky will. I really felt that way, too. I just feel that i cant possibly give another one of my boys to t
His book tonight moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 of the photos that surround kent state massacre of 1970 and in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [ applause ] well, first of all, it is nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives, my daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here and it is really kind of people from where i live. But most of all i have to thank my wife for being here. My wife laura, if shell just raise her hand. [ applause ] its nice to see people from here, people from pasadena village. Laura kept me organized and made sure i didnt lose focus where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state. My introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts with when i enrolled at kent state in march of 1969. And i photographed