Historical Marker
Samuel Gill House
Historical marker location:
486 Union Street, Mount Pleasant, Ohio
( Marker can be reached from Union Street east of Market Street, on the right when traveling east.)
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.