Putting Green

Historical marker location:

Wildwood, Ohio

( Marker is on Brown Trail (Ohio Route 120) 0.1 miles north of Floodplain Trail, on the right when traveling north.)

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.