{"id":59351,"date":"2021-06-08T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/08\/another-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:57:14","slug":"another-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2021\/06\/08\/another-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Another official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUDSON, Ohio \u2014 Both organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony have now resigned under pressure after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/06\/03\/ohio-american-legion-wants-resignations-after-audio-cut-in-memorial-day-speech-on-black-peoples-role-honoring-fallen-union-soldiers\/\" target=\"_blank\">they silenced a retired U.S. Army officer\u2019s microphone<\/a> while he was talking about how freed Black slaves honored fallen soldiers just after the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cindy Suchan, chair of the Memorial Day parade committee and president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary, stepped down nearly a week after the ceremony, the Akron Beacon Journal reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suzette Heller, department adjutant for the American Legion Department of Ohio, said she was told Sunday that Suchan had resigned. Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Post 464, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/06\/06\/american-legion-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">resigned last Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/04\/ohio-american-legion-wants-resignations-after-audio-cut-in-memorial-day-speech-on-black-peoples-role-honoring-fallen-union-soldiers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21154729200627.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Ohio American Legion wants resignations after audio cut in Memorial Day speech on Black people\u2019s role honoring fallen Union soldiers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The organizers of the ceremony turned off a speaker\u2019s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how freed Black slaves had honored fallen soldiers soon after the Civil War.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Legion Department of Ohio said censoring the speech about the role Blacks played in how Memorial Day was premeditated and planned by Garrison and Suchan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey knew exactly when to turn the volume down and when to turn it back up,\u201d said Roger Friend, department commander for the Ohio American Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizers of the ceremony in Hudson, Ohio, initially defended their decision, saying the section of the speech that was silenced was not relevant to the program\u2019s theme of honoring the city\u2019s veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/07\/american-legion-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21154729200627.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">American Legion official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">American Legion leaders in Ohio also suspended the post&#039;s charter and are taking steps to close it after the head of the post stepped down.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the days before the ceremony, Suchan said she reviewed the speech and asked retired Army Lt. 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