Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter, 77, was invited to Hudson Veterans Memorial Garden to give a speech on Memorial Day. During his speech he began discuss the history of Memorial Day, when his microphone was abruptly cut off. “AJ! Mic!” He said to the sound guy thinking it was an accident. What Lt. Col. Kemter didn’t know was the Head of American Legion Post 464 in Ohio had been silenced. “He reached over, and pulled the volume down on my Console.” AJ Stokes, the Live Sound Engineer for the Ceremony stated.
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American Legion Silences Veteran
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Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter, 77, was invited to Hudson Veterans Memorial Garden to give a speech on Memorial Day. During his speech he began discuss the history of Memorial Day, when his microphone was abruptly cut off. “AJ! Mic!” He said to the sound guy thinking it was an accident. What Lt. Col. Kemter didn’t know was the Head of American Legion Post 464 in Ohio had been silenced. “He reached over, and pulled the volume down on my Console.” AJ Stokes, the Live Sound Engineer for the Ceremony stated.