MISCELLANEOUS
Dita Von Bitch hugs an onlooker on her way back to the locker room with the victorious Cleveland Steamers. She named MVP by opposing team, the Hellbombers, and has been playing roller derby for eight years.
Goldie Blocks, a member of the Burning River Roller Girls’ travel team, Pyromaniacs, takes a break from selling raffle tickets to watch the first bout of the season between the Cleveland Steamers and Hellbombers. The Pyromaniacs is where home teams such as the Cleveland Steamers and Hellbombers may draft new players, but the Pyromaniacs are also eligible to play inter-league bouts against other city’s teams until drafted to a BRRG home team.
Lesley, a widow since 2003, holds the wedding portrait of her late husband, Clifford.
Raelynn Willis, a volunteer at Home Markets in Acorn Alley, takes a break to eat a wrap from the neighboring Pita Pit while watching a movie on her iPad.
Different markers are located around the May 4 Memorial to inform visitors of the historical events. This one shows the famous photo from John Philo just feet from where it was taken.
Four were killed and nine others were wounded in the 1970 shooting. Markers were placed in this parking lot to show where certain people fell to their death.
President Nixon announced an invasion of Cambodia on April 30, 1970, and the next day Kent State students gathered around the Victory Bell in protest. Here, they buried a copy of the U.S. Constitution to signify that Nixon “murdered” it. The next rally would be called for May 4
Various items are left around the May 4 Memorial in memory of those involved in the 1970 shooting