{"id":39525,"date":"2021-06-07T01:08:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T01:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/07\/american-legion-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:28:30","slug":"american-legion-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2021\/06\/07\/american-legion-official-resigns-over-censored-memorial-day-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"American Legion official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of an American Legion post in Ohio stepped down Friday amid criticism following the decision of Memorial Day ceremony organizers to turn off a retired U.S. Army officer\u2019s microphone while he was speaking about<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\"> how freed Black slaves honored fallen soldiers<\/a> just after the Civil War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American Legion leaders in Ohio also suspended the post\u2019s charter and are taking steps to close it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moves come in the wake of intense backlash to the decision to censor retired Army Lt. 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Barnard Kemter, who said he included the story in his speech because he wanted to share the history of how Memorial Day originated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But organizers of the ceremony in Hudson, Ohio, said that section of the speech 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\/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\">Cindy Suchan, chair of the Memorial Day parade committee and president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary, said this week that either she or Jim Garrison, adjutant of the American Legion Post 464, turned down the audio, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrison resigned his leadership position a day after the state organization demanded he step down, said Roger Friend, department commander for the Ohio American Legion. Garrison has since been asked to drop his membership altogether, Friend said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 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,\u201d Friend said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the censoring 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 Friend said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the days before the ceremony, Suchan said she reviewed the speech and asked Kemter to remove certain portions. 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