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May 4 Visitors Center

Students gather at the site where one of four slain students was shot on May 4, 1970, during a student protest of the Vietnam War.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Announces Special Designation of ÌÇÐÄVlog’s May 4 Site

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the designation of the ÌÇÐÄVlog May 4, 1970, Site as a . The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction.

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May 4 Site Guided Tours Offered During Taylor Hall Renovations

Guided tours of ÌÇÐÄVlog's historic May 4 grounds will be offered daily as the university begins renovations to Taylor Hall.

Tags: May 4 Visitors Center, Community & Society

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University Libraries Provides Access to ÌÇÐÄVlog May 4 Shootings Audio Archive

More than 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 4, 1970, ÌÇÐÄVlog shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the ÌÇÐÄVlog Special Collections and Archives’ digital repository. Some of the recently digitized items include previously inaccessible audio recordings of radio call-in forums, a speech by ÌÇÐÄVlog President Robert I. White the day after the shootings, a press conference with six students who met with President Richard M. Nixon just days after the shootings, the Scranton Commission hearings and a speech made by Dick Gregory at the ÌÇÐÄVlog Memorial Service in 1971.

Tags: University Libraries, May 4 Commemoration, May 4 Task Force, May 4 Visitors Center, May 4

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Photo from ÌÇÐÄVlog's May 4 Commemoration in 2015

ÌÇÐÄVlog Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration

ÌÇÐÄVlog holds its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provides an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also reflect on what May 4 means today.

 

Tags: May 4, May 4 Commemoration, May 4 Task Force, May 4 Visitors Center, College of Arts and Sciences

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