i really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state. and have been around what happened on may 4 and have been able to exist in that space. it fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting because some of the things they were fighting for back then, we are still fighting now. we cannot become complacent. complacency is not a privilege that we can afford. hello, my name is todd daiakin. it is my great honor and raw privilege to serve as the president of kent state university. i have said many times you do not have to be a historian to understand the place of kent state university and the history of modern america. but i am a historian and i do appreciate both the seminal place of our university and our nation s history. and our ongoing responsibility to share this history and the lessons of may 4, 1970. it is also my great honor to announce the creation of four scholarships, each of them bearing the name of a student slain on may 4, 1970. sc
i have parked in that parking lot. i have walked across it. i ve talked to my friends while walking across it. there s something incredibly powerful about something that people encounter daily, having such a wound located there. i really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state. i ve been able to exist in that space. it fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting. because some of the things they were fighting for back then, we are still fighting now. complacency is not a privilege that we can afford. a law hello, my name is todd dai akin. it is my great honor and raw privilege to service you do not have to be a historian to understand the place of kent state university and the history of modern america. but i am a historian and i do appreciate both the seminal place of our university and our nation s history. and our ongoing responsibility to share this history and the lessons of may four, 1970. it is also my great honor to announce the c
located right beside taylor hall is the parking lot where four students event unfortunately passed away. i have parked in that parking lot. i have walked across it. i ve talked to my friends while walking across it. there s something incredibly powerful about something that people encounter daily, having such a wound located there. i really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state. i ve been able to exist in that space. it fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting. because some of the things they were fighting for back then, we are still fighting now. complacency is not a privilege that we can afford. hello, my name is todd dai akin. it is my great honor and responsibility to service you do not have to be a historian to understand the place of kent state university and the history of modern america. but i am a historian and i do appreciate both the seminal place of our university and our nation s history. and our ongoing responsibilit
archives flagship building in washington dc which sits on the ancestral lands of the nokache tank peoples. i m david ferio archivist of the united states as a pleasure to welcome you to today s conversation with kevin boyle and suzanne e smith about boyle s new book the shattering before we begin i d like to tell you about two programs coming up soon on our youtube channel. on wednesday, january 26th at 1 pm. david mckean will tell us about his new book watching darkness fall which recounts the rise of the third reich in germany and the road to war from the perspective of four american ambassadors in key western european capitals, london berlin rome paris and moscow. and on tuesday, february 1st at 1pm. we ll hear from sarah pollock who will discuss her book fdr in american memory roosevelt and the making of an icon. she analyzes roosevelt as a cultural icon in american memory historical leader who carefully and intentionally built his public image. kevin boyle begins his loo
you about two programs coming up soon on our youtube channel. on wednesday, january 26th at 1 pm. david mckean will tell us about his new book watching darkness fall which recounts the rise of the third reich in germany and the road to war from the perspective of four american ambassadors in key western european capitals, london berlin rome paris and moscow. and on tuesday, february 1st at 1pm. we ll hear from sarah pollock who will discuss her book fdr in american memory roosevelt and the making of an icon. she analyzes roosevelt as a cultural icon in american memory historical leader who carefully and intentionally built his public image. kevin boyle begins his look at the 1960s with the story of 8 cahill who in 1961 organized his neighbors to deck their houses with american flags for the 4th of july. boyle was inspired by a photograph of cahill and his neighbors that he had seniors before in a book published by the national archives the book which reproduced more than 200