Tuskegee Airmen living legend ‘Woody’ Woodhouse would like people to live by deeds instead of words
Woodhouse, at 95, reflects on the world
By Flint McColgan | flint.mccolgan@bostonherald.com |
PUBLISHED: February 5, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: February 5, 2022 at 10:03 a.m.
Facta Non Verba. That’s Latin for “Deeds Not Words.”
It’s the motto for Boston’s Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, a patriotic organization formed in 1638 to train young officers to serve the commonwealth, and a virtue that its first Black member, retired Lt. Col. Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse II, said he wished more people would embody.
“The last two or three years, it has become more divisive because certain elements have surfaced,” Woodhouse, one of “20, 25” remaining members of World War II’s legendary Tuskegee Airmen, the all-Black fighter pilot unit, said on the state of race in American society.
Two recent examples came to his mind: The hardline racist messaging of neo-Nazis who protested last weekend outside Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and President Biden saying he will nominate a black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“He should have said, ‘I’m going to nominate the best person, man or woman,’” Woodhouse said.
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