Mary Ann Vecchio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mary Ann Vecchio

American activist

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1955

Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Profession: activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mary Ann Vecchio (born December 4, 1955) is one of two subjects in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalism student John Filo during the immediate aftermath of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. The photograph depicts the 14-year-old Vecchio kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller, who had been fatally shot by the Ohio National Guard moments earlier.
Vecchio had joined the protest while visiting the campus, where she befriended two of the other students hit by gunfire that day: Sandra Scheuer, who was killed, and Alan Canfora, who was wounded in the right wrist.Other photographers captured the scene from other angles.
A modification of the photograph was painted by Victor Kalin as cover art for a 12-inch vinyl phonograph record Murder at Kent State, released by Flying Dutchman Records in 1970.
The painting makes a cultural statement by adding a National Guard unit in the background.
Written commentary by Nat Hentoff places the incident in a context of national malaise.