This South Cumberland Elementary mural was modified to remove the straps connecting the blue mascot to the tree, as well as a Confederate flag. (Gary Nelson/Crossville Chronicle)The Tennessee elementary school’s mascot is the Rebels — Confederate soldiers — and a mural painted in its gym depicted vanquished mascots from rival schools. His post on March 2, about the mural and a Confederate flag painted on another wall, struck a nerve. “These murals … are both in one public school elementary gym where all the children go to play every day,” Clark wrote. The Confederate flag is now a red flag with the school’s initials.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2018 01:22 UTC