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2022-07-21 -Great Cultural Revolution
Medals of Honor for soldiers who perpetrated Wounded Knee massacre may be rescinded
[NYPOST] Lawmakers took a step last week towards taking back the nation’s highest award for valor from Army troops who perpetrated one of the most infamous Native American massacres in U.S. history.The legislation to revoke the medals passed the House of Representatives as an amendment to the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill. Similar attempts have made it this far before, however, only to be stymied during compromises between the House and Senate versions of the bill.
That was one hundred thirty two years ago. All participants are equally dead. Will my Good Conduct medal be rescinded by Congress 132 years after I'm gone?
Some 20 soldiers received the Medal of Honor following the Dec. 29, 1890, massacre near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, where troops from the 7th Cavalry and accompanying artillery units killed hundreds of Lakota men, women and kiddies.

The U.S. troops had nearly completed confiscating weapons from a Lakota encampment when a struggle with a reportedly deaf man sparked a chaotic one-sided firefight.

When the smoke cleared, dozens of cavalry troopers were maimed or killed by friendly fire — likely from their artillery — and hundreds of Lakota were dead.

Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele, D-Hawaii, was the legislation’s primary sponsor, though other members of Congress, like Sen. Elizabeth Being Native American has been part of my story since the day I was born Warren
...The Great White Squaw, Lizzie is the Dem Senatrix from Massachussetts. She traces her noble lineage all the way back to Big Chief Spouting Bull. She has high cheekbones that stretch all the way to the top of her head. It has been alleged that she speaks with forked tongue but she denies that. She had a DNA test to prove her lineage and it turns out she's colorless...
, D-Mass., and Rep. Reuben Gallego, D-Ariz., have pushed for similar legislation in the past. Kahele is a Native Hawaiian.
Posted by Fred 2022-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 Is this what we really pay these worthless foks in Washington to do? Is it really ?

Stuck on separation and the victimization of the past while remaining oblivious to the opportunities of the future.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-21 00:46||   2022-07-21 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 "Dig up their bones!" Rallying cry of religious factions in Byzantium
Posted by magpie 2022-07-21 02:03||   2022-07-21 02:03|| Front Page Top

#3 As a kid we played sand lot football and one of of the kids was American Indian. One or two kids could not tackle him. It took at least three kids to bring down, otherwise he dragged everyone hanging on to him across the goal line.
Posted by Lonzo Ebbeager7666 2022-07-21 02:33||   2022-07-21 02:33|| Front Page Top

#4 More posthumous cancellations.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-21 05:37||   2022-07-21 05:37|| Front Page Top

#5 I think this is stupid. OTOH, are there any other 1 day engagements in US military history that resulted in 20 MOH citations?
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-21 13:41||   2022-07-21 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 This delusion that we are just SUCH better and more moral people than anyone who ever lived in the past is getting pretty tiresome.
Posted by Tom 2022-07-21 14:22||   2022-07-21 14:22|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Being a leftist is all about "feeling good about yourself," especially when it can happen to the detriment of others.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-21 14:23||   2022-07-21 14:23|| Front Page Top

#8 https://www.archives.gov/research/military/army/pre-ww1-medals

Ref#5Above, this is from the Nation Archives:

Pre-World War I Army Medals
The only medal that the War Department officially awarded during the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, and Philippine Insurrection was the Medal of Honor.

However, between 1905 and 1919, the War Department authorized several campaign medals for U.S. Army service between 1861 and 1902.

The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives 1), houses correspondence related to pre-World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor and recipients of Army campaign medals.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-07-21 15:08||   2022-07-21 15:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Were the soldiers valorous? Perhaps their commanders should be dishonored, starting with their commander in chief (oops! chief). That'd be Benjamin Harrison - (double-plus ungood!) - a Republican!
Posted by Bobby 2022-07-21 18:39||   2022-07-21 18:39|| Front Page Top

#10 The Medal of Honor in those days is not the same as it is today. As NoMoreBs pointed out, they did not have all the medals today, so people got the MOH for things that today would not even rate a Bronze Star. IIRC, everybody in one unit in the Civil War got the MOH simply for extending their enlistment.

Today, the MOH really means something. Look at Wikipedia and read the stories of MOH recipients, especially from WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, and later.

Of course Richard Byrd got the MOH just for his travels in Antarctica.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-07-21 18:49||   2022-07-21 18:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Okay, but we should take back JFK's as well. Since actions other than what they were gotten for matter, then it should matter for everyone right?
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-07-21 20:52||   2022-07-21 20:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Brick by brick the civil servants are destroying America.
In 2024 I hope President Trump will cut the federales force by 80%
Posted by Aca Joe 2022-07-21 21:35||   2022-07-21 21:35|| Front Page Top

#13  In 2024 I hope President Trump will cut the federales force by 80%

What a lovely thought, Aca Joe. The easiest way to start would be to shut down entire departments, like education and energy, but that requires an act of Congress. So does the removal of union protections. It can’t be done just by executive order.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-21 21:41||   2022-07-21 21:41|| Front Page Top

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