Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We’re finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

This is the start of a very chilling protest song by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students. They were protesting the escalation of the Vietnam War and the invasion of Cambodia.

Four students were killed and 9 were wounded by the National Guard.
Neil Young immediately wrote a song about it.

I remember working at the camera shop in L.A. when I heard the news and the song not much later. This story is still as bone-chilling today as it was then. Especially in light of all that is going on in the world.

Protest songs are still needed, to deal with our wounds and make people aware.