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Hope student selected for American Legion Boys Nation
Richard Ware, an incoming senior at Hope High School, has been selected as a senator for American Legion Boys Nation.
by Andrew Bell
Jul. 17 2021 @ 10:25pm
Richard Ware, newly elected senator for American Legion Boys Nation, holds up his plaque. (Submitted photo)
HOPE, Ark. Richard Ware, an incoming senior at Hope High School, has been selected as a senator for American Legion Boys Nation.
Boys Nation is an annual American Legion program that includes civic training, leadership development and a focus on Americanism. It will be held in Washington D.C. from July 23 to July 30.
Military Vet s Mic Muted As He Begins Talking About Black History Behind Memorial Day
The event s organizers admitted to cutting off the Barnard Kemter s microphone because his remarks weren t “relevant to their programming.
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An organizer of a Memorial Day event in Hudson, Ohio, cut off a 77-year-old military veteran’s microphone as he began discussing the Black community s significance to Memorial Day.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter, the event’s keynote speaker, was about midway through his speech when his microphone stopped functioning, The Akron Beacon Journal reports. At first, it was assumed that the error was innocuous, but an organizer of the event confirmed that it was anything but.
The American Legion of Ohio said Thursday it is investigating a Memorial Day incident in which a keynote speaker's microphone was turned off during part of his speech that touched on Black people's historical role in creating the national holiday.
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