Jefferson Middle School in Fort Wayne - Brickbats - Indiana, colonial minute man mural painted over to remove musket - Brief Article

Reason, Jan, 2002 by Charles Oliver

In these troubled times, some say children need to be shielded from scenes of violence. So Michael Morris, principal of Jefferson Middle School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, had a mural of the school's mascot, a colonial minuteman, painted over to remove the soldier's musket. "This sends a stronger, better message about patriotism," Morris said.