Patriot comp- Project Kent International

[surgeon]

I've been wanting to redo my baja for awhile, but it wasn't until recently that I had an oppurtunity and inspiration to do so. Some of you from UXF remember it:





As some of you may know, I am a HUGE supporter of civil liberties, and feel they and the act of protesting is the most patriotic thing a person could do. Without checks and balances to regulate the government to the people, we would be no better than Nazi Germany. With this in mind, I am chosing the theme of the Kent State Shootings, or the Kent State Massacre. Those not familiar with this:

"The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre,[2][3][4] occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[5]

Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. However, other students who were shot had merely been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.[6][7]

There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of eight million students, and the event further divided the country, at this already socially contentious time, along political lines."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...g-term_effects

I think this is a pivot point in American history, and perhaps by spreading the knowledge history will not repeat itself. For this project I will attempt to mural paint the shootings on the bug. One side will feature the national guard, the other featuring the protestors being gunned down. The top will be a recreation of an American flag.

Any ideas for this project would be greatly appreciated.

-Surgeon