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05.06.2021 - US, United States - Common Dreams Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter attempted to share the history of Memorial Day at an event in Hudson, Ohio on Monday, noting that freed black slaves played a key role in marking the holiday after the Civil War. Organizers cut his mic, saying Kemter s discussion of Black history was not relevant. (Image by screenshot)
A 77-year-old veteran Army medic accused organizers of an American Legion Memorial Day event of censoring him on Wednesday, days after his microphone was cut as he attempted to share how the holiday was originally celebrated by Black people who had been enslaved.
Effective immediately, [American Legion Department of Ohio] Department Commander Roger Friend has suspended [the] Hudson Lee-Bishop American Legion Post 464 Charter pending permanent closure, stated a news release issued by the American Legion Department of Ohio Friday afternoon. Upon demand, Jim Garrison has also resigned as a Post Officer and we have since demanded that he resign his membership altogether. The American Legion Department of Ohio does not hold space for members, veterans, or families of veterans who believe that censoring black history is acceptable behavior.
Garrison had served as adjutant of American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464.
The American Legion Department of Ohio s executive board members who attended a Friday morning meeting unanimously backed Friend s decision to suspend the Hudson American Legion charter, said Suzette Heller, the state Legion s Department Adjutant.