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https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60b8af01e4b0169ca97198f9
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)I dropped my American Legion membership 3 years ago because of their bigotry and overt racism.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Got tired of listening to the racist WWII vets. Most of us Vietnam-era vets had little in common with those assholes.
Diamond_Dog
(31,660 posts)I see The Hill and WaPo have picked up on this astonishingly disgusting act of censorship by these cowards, and I hope these organizers (cowards who took turns throwing each other under the bus) get endless grief over it.
This man deserves an apology and those Hudson organizers should be made to resign in disgrace permanently.
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)HUDSON What at first blush appeared to be a short audio malfunction at Monday's Memorial Day ceremony in Markillie Cemetery turned out to be anything but.
A ceremony organizer turned off the microphone when the event's keynote speaker, retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter, began sharing a story about freed Black slaves honoring deceased soldiers shortly after the end of the Civil War.
The microphone was turned down for about two minutes in the middle of Kemter's 11-minute speech during the event hosted by the Hudson American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464.
Suchan said organizers wanted this part excluded because it was not relevant to our program for the day," and added the theme of the day was honoring Hudson veterans.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)Underground Railroad, it also had a major nest of Copperheads during the Civil War.
Note there were VERY few people of color in the band, the audience or the program. Lt Col Kemter was there as window dressing to begin with.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Source: https://amp.beaconjournal.com/amp/7508217002?__twitter_impression=true
Suchan and Garrison should be ashamed.
cbabe
(3,440 posts)Attempting to silence him, they only shone the spotlight on their own bigotry.
ornotna
(10,763 posts)Blue lives? Nope, scratch that.
Green lives? Ha! Surely you jest.
They really don't have any self control do they.