For these acts at Wounded Knee, 20 Medals of Honor were awarded to the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry. On Wednesday, two Senate Democrats unveiled legislation to strip the Medals of Honor from the American soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee massacre. They surrendered, were brought to an encampment at Wounded Knee Creek and surrounded by 470 soldiers and their formidable artillery, according to historian Mark Hirsch. But that purge did not include the 20 Medals of Honor given for action at Wounded Knee. “We have a responsibility to tell the true story of the horrific Wounded Knee Massacre,” Merkley said in a statement on Wednesday.

Source: Washington Post November 27, 2019 21:26 UTC