Historical Marker
The Serpent Mound
Historical marker location:
3854 OH-73, Peebles, Ohio
( Marker can be reached from Ohio Route 73, 0.9 miles west of Homer Chapel Road (County Road T-116), on the right when traveling west.)
The Kent State shootings, in which National Guardsmen shot and killed four students during a protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in 1970, took place in Ohio. The incident sparked widespread protests and led to the closure of hundreds of universities and colleges across the United States.