As Kent State University prepares to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the May 4 shootings, some people can’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. Roseann "Chic" Canfora, who was an eyewitness to the ...

Kent’s long and colourful history has left us many legends, most of them born of real events. Local author Alan Bignell, whose latest book Our Kent features dozens of tales, guides you across the ...

Kent played a pivotal role in many of the most salient offensive and defensive operations of the Second World War. Read our potted history of a county in conflict. At times of continental conflict, ...

In a bare-walls classroom at Kent State University, guest speaker Alan Frank leans back in an office chair, his hands clasped around the back of his head, and poses a question to 30 students. “Let’s ...

On 14th May 1607, 104 men sailed up what they called the James River on board the “Susan Constant”, the “Discovery” and the “Godspeed” to carry the rule of law, democracy, the English way of life and ...

At 361 years old, New Kent has more history than can be contained in the museum and research center at the Old Jail. The New Kent County Historical Society has been at work to preserve that history ...

Kent State student Alan Canfora was angry when he confronted armed Ohio National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970, waving a black flag of protest. Angry about the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. Angry about the ...