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Local Artists Save Texas Border School’s US Flag Tribute

While the nation bickers over the Confederate flag, two local artists saved the day for the American flag at one Texas border school. They seek to paint a 313.5-foot-wide-by-26-foot-tall tribute to Old Glory that comes after months of infighting that nearly tore a community apart.

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Texas School Paints Over Star Spangled Mural After One Homeowner Complained

If it was not enough that the mere display of the United States flag hurt students’ feelings at a University of California campus, the mere likeness to the flag was cause for controversy at a Texas public school where the Red, White and Blue offended the surrounding neighborhood’s sense of aesthetics. “The developer told us that he had one homeowner complain about the colors,” said Canutillo Independent School District (ISD) spokesman Rene Leon in a CBS4 interview.