Historical Marker
James Edwin Campbell
Historical marker location:
Pomeroy, Ohio
( Marker is on Main Street (Ohio Route 124) ΒΌ mile east of Nye Avenue (Ohio Route 833), on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.)
Marker installed: 2007
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.