Obama Turns Medal of Honor Ceremony Into Chance to Scold the Nation
Today, President Obama awarded Medals of Honor posthumously to Pvt. Henry Johnson and Sgt. William Shemin of the Army.
Both served the country during World War I.
Yet instead of taking the moment to celebrate the accomplishments of Johnson, who served in a black unit during the war, and Shemin, who was Jewish, the President couldn’t help but scold America for prejudices that existed nearly a century ago and turn the ceremony into yet another lecture about race and division in America.
“We have work to do as a nation,” the President said, adding, that in the case of those who served but have not been recognized because of prejudice, “The least we can do is say we know who you are, we know what you did for us.”
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