Officials Resign Amid Backlash After Veteran's Mic Was Cut For Talking About Race In Memorial Day Speech

We sound corrected the part of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Barnard Kemter\u2019s speech that was muted when his mic was cut off this past Memorial Day in Hudson, Ohio. He spoke of freed slaves being among the first to honor the fallen after the Civil War. Please take a moment to listen.pic.twitter.com/gjidUZF6ci

— VoteVets (@VoteVets) 1622731560

And now you know the rest of the story. It\u2019s not CRT it\u2019s just HISTORYhttps://twitter.com/votevets/status/1400463784880197648\u00a0\u2026

— James Green (@James Green) 1623166195

I really admire this retired military officer wanting to tell the story of the origins of Memorial Day and give Kudos & recognition to the Black American slaves that initiated it.\nhttps://twitter.com/votevets/status/1400463784880197648\u00a0\u2026

— Christine Mitchell (@Christine Mitchell) 1622900029

I can't believe they muted out the part where he mentioned Black ppl started #MemorialDay !!!!#kemter #ohiohttps://twitter.com/votevets/status/1400463784880197648\u00a0\u2026

— Pandora's Pithos (@Pandora's Pithos) 1622879483

\u201cKemter said he was emailed by an event organizer (whom he declined to name) asking him to remove a part of his speech dealing with Black Americans\u2019 role in an early Memorial Day-type of ceremony.\u201dhttps://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/06/02/veterans-audio-cut-when-he-discusses-blacks-role-memorial-day-speech-hudson-ohio/7508217002/\u00a0\u2026

— Ida Bae Wells (@Ida Bae Wells) 1622668915

Veteran asked to remove part of his Memorial Day speech about Black Americans, then \u201caudio malfunction\u201d during that part of his speech. Hiding our dirty laundry is NOT helping. We can do better. #whitewashinghttps://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1400201034971193350\u00a0\u2026

— Kirby L. Wycoff, Psy.D., Ed.M., MPH., NCSP (@Kirby L. Wycoff, Psy.D., Ed.M., MPH., NCSP) 1622809631

The fragility of white supremacists at work. They can\u2019t even hear of the black contributions to this county without being triggered.\n\nThis county has been a safe space for white supremacists fir WAY too long.https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1400201034971193350\u00a0\u2026

— Kristine Ross (@Kristine Ross) 1622747646

A year after George Floyd was murdered, look how far we've come on talking about race....oh wait....https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1400201034971193350\u00a0\u2026

— Heidi MacDonald (@Heidi MacDonald) 1622736895

And the WHITE SUPREMACISTS get more and more desperate. #CancelWhiteSupremacyhttps://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1400201034971193350\u00a0\u2026

— Jan L.R.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@Jan L.R.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2) 1622734974

This is Cindy Suchan, the President of the Hudson American Legion Auxillary, that asked the Lt Col. NOT to modify his speech about the history of the slaves that helped the Union by saying it was "Not relevant" to the event.pic.twitter.com/iA9poPgecB

— Jaxson Reid (@Jaxson Reid) 1622735418

Cindy Suchan is NOT a veteran. But she IS a member of DAR. Explains everything.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.beaconjournal.com/news/20190920/hudson-honors-martha-marsh-for-service-in-american-legion-more%3ftemplate=ampart\u00a0\u2026

— TashaCNS (@TashaCNS) 1622671970

This is one of Cindy Suchan's children:pic.twitter.com/PyF7CJQ8KL

— In The Loop Radio (@In The Loop Radio) 1622741961

Let's also not let @hudsonohschools off the hook. Cindy Suchan works for them per her Facebook page and they've had...issues...regarding diversity in the past.\nClearly they have a white supremacy problem.

— Dan (@Dan) 1622727803