May 4 Commemoration
Monday, May 4, 2026
11 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Commons
- Kent
The campus community and visitors will gather at noon on the May 4 site at the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Commons to commemorate the moment that gunfire erupted 53 years ago. The commemoration will include a performance, feature remarks from university students and administrators, the ringing of the Victory Bell and a moment of silence at 12:24 p.m.
The commemoration remembers those killed – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder – and those wounded – Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald Mackenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps and Douglas Wrentmore – on May 4, 1970.
Music on the Commons will precede the commemoration at 11 a.m. and then follow at the end of the event.