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Veteran's microphone cut off when he discusses Blacks' role in establishing Memorial Day
Posted on 6/2/21 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 6/2/21 at 9:55 pm
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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.
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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. Cindy Suchan, who chairs the Memorial Day parade committee and is president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary, said it was either her or Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464, who turned down the audio. When pressed, she would not say who specifically did it.
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“It was well-received,” Kemter said, adding many people told him, “I never knew that.” He expressed disappointment with the event organizers' actions. “I find it interesting that [the American Legion] … would take it upon themselves to censor my speech and deny me my First Amendment right to [freedom of] speech,” Kemter said. “… This is not the same country I fought for.”
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Kemter, a 1962 Hudson High School graduate, said he was trained as a combat medic, was in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1995, and served in the Persian Gulf War. In the days leading up to the ceremony, Suchan said she reviewed Kemter’s speech and asked him to remove certain portions. “We asked him to modify his speech, and he chose not to do that,” said Suchan.
Suchan declined to say which part she wanted excluded, but confirmed the two minutes when Kemter’s microphone was turned off were part of what she asked him to exclude. During those two minutes, Kemter is heard discussing how former slaves and freed Black men shortly after the Civil War exhumed the remains of more than 200 Union soldiers who died in battle in Charleston and gave them “a proper burial.”
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Posted on 6/2/21 at 9:58 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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“I find it interesting that [the American Legion] … would take it upon themselves to censor my speech and deny me my First Amendment right to [freedom of] speech,” Kemter said. “… This is not the same country I fought for.”
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Had you shown the boys headed to Normandy footage of what is going on today, they might have stayed on the boats.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:01 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Why couldn't the dude just start yelling?
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:06 pm to JohnnyKilroy
I swear I saw this in a movie about some guy from Alabama.
This post was edited on 6/2/21 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:13 pm to JohnnyKilroy
It’s the Cindy and Jim’s of the world to take out first.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:13 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:14 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:28 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Cindy Suchan, who chairs the Memorial Day parade committee and is president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary, said it was either her or Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464, who turned down the audio. When pressed, she would not say who specifically did it.
frick this bitch
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:31 pm to JohnnyKilroy
What am I missing? What was wrong with that he said?
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:46 pm to JohnnyKilroy
This is fricking sad. If a true account of history hurts your feelings, that’s a YOU problem.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:53 pm to JohnnyKilroy
The Tolerant Left 
Posted on 6/2/21 at 11:36 pm to JohnnyKilroy
The Spleen approves of the seditious action taken against Lt. Colonel Kemter.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 12:09 am to JohnnyKilroy
Terrible to treat a veteran that day.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 2:54 am to JohnnyKilroy
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Suchan declined to say which part she wanted excluded, but confirmed the two minutes when Kemter’s microphone was turned off were part of what she asked him to exclude. During those two minutes, Kemter is heard discussing how former slaves and freed Black men shortly after the Civil War exhumed the remains of more than 200 Union soldiers who died in battle in Charleston and gave them “a proper burial.”
I’m sure I’m
Just dumb but what exactly is the problem with this? It compliments the freed slaves (cancel culture likes that) and it was Union soldiers they were honoring (again, cancel culture approved)
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:49 am to JohnnyKilroy
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Audio engineer refuses instruction to mute equipment At a certain point in Kemter’s speech, Suchan said she asked A.J. Stokes, the event’s audio engineer, to turn off Kemter’s microphone. She said Stokes refused to do it himself, but pointed to the knob that controlled the microphone. Stokes confirmed his refusal and that he did point to the knob. He said it was Garrison who turned down the audio and then turned it back up a short time later.
When reached by phone Wednesday, Garrison declined to say whether he turned down the microphone and said he had "nothing to add" regarding the situation. Stokes said Suchan and Garrison were both “very adamant” about turning off Kemter’s microphone. “That was very improper,” Stokes said. “I would’ve never done something like that.”
He said he was “very upset” about what happened and hoped he was not being blamed. Suchan emphasized that Stokes was "totally blameless." He noted he’s handled the sound engineering for the event since the late 1960s and has his own company, Stokes Sound & Video Inc.
After the ceremony, Stokes said he apologized to Kemter about the loss in audio, but also told him, “I had nothing to do with that. Cindy and Jim were the ones that turned your microphone off.” When his microphone was turned down, Kemter said, he thought there was a problem with the equipment. After the event, Stokes “told me it was not a malfunction.”
Posted on 6/3/21 at 6:44 am to JohnnyKilroy
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Cindy Suchan said it was either her or Jim Garrison who turned down the audio. When pressed, she would not say who specifically did it.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:25 am to JohnnyKilroy
Many cities and individuals have claimed to have been the first to celebrate the event. In 1868, General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic called for a "Decoration Day", which was widely celebrated. By 1890, every Northern state had adopted it as a holiday. The World Wars turned it into a generalized day of remembrance, instead of just for the Civil War. In 1971, Congress standardized the holiday as "Memorial Day" and changed its observance to the last Monday in May.
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Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:50 am to JohnnyKilroy
Well, this is America 2021, so you have to expect patriotism to be shut down with the swiftness.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 3:03 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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“I find it interesting that [the American Legion] … would take it upon themselves to censor my speech and deny me my First Amendment right to [freedom of] speech,” Kemter said. “… This is not the same country I fought for.”
Look, another person who doesn't understand the 1st Amendment.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 10:49 pm to JohnnyKilroy
If that man is really an Officer, why is he wasting time on that topic?
This post was edited on 6/3/21 at 10:52 pm
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