A retired army veteran’s mic was intentionally muted when he made several attempts to credit Black Americans during his speech on Memorial Day.

Local media outlets confirmed how the incident took place on the 31st of May during the American Legion Service which was reportedly held in Hudson, Ohio. Reports mentioned how Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter made a few attempts to appreciate a large group of Black Americans who had been formerly enslaved.

However, to his and many other people’s surprise, he was prevented from doing so as the organizers had intentionally turned his microphone off during that moment.

The veteran wished to offer his gratitude to the colored Americans that were a part of the first few who paid tribute to the country’s fallen soldiers. And that was a part of the aftermath of the mighty Civil War.

The incident enraged the 77-year-old ex-lieutenant and colonel who found his mic muted, just after he got into the first 4 minutes of his 11-minute long speech.

Later, the veteran was informed how it was an act that was intentionally done by the organizers themselves to deliberately silence him as many felt a certain sense of disagreement with his respective message.

At first, Kemter felt that it was most likely a technical fault or small glitch that had taken place in the microphone or perhaps the sound system. But to his great surprise and utter dismay, he was later informed of the deliberate event of silencing.

The veteran even tapped his mic to double-check if it was working during his speech. And when he found out that it wasn’t, he tried his level best to speak out loud so his voice would resonate across the hundreds of audience members seated on that day.

After the speech was over, the veteran spoke to the press and confirmed how his speech was well received with the audience seated there. However, he was awfully disappointed by the behavior of the event organizers who took part in such racist and uncalled-for actions.