Lieutenant Colonel Barnard Kemter will deliver his speech at an event next week The 77-year-old's mic was cut off at a Memorial Day event in Ohio when he started to talk about the role freed slaves played in the founding of the holiday Officials initially defended the action but two organizers have since resigned Kemter will deliver the speech again at Buckeye Boys State, an annual gathering organized by the American Legion to teach young men about government The Ohio American Legion has suspended the charter of the Hudson agency, pending its permanent closure