‘Minuteman’ mascot scrapped at California school

by: MAGGIE KELLY - ASSISTANT EDITOR
2023-08-22
Source: The College Fix
08/30/2023

A California high school can no longer use the “Minuteman” mascot after district leaders dropped the character due to its use of a firearm and concerns about it being offensive.

“In a 4-1 vote, the Mount Diablo Unified School District board voted [on Aug. 16] to approve a recommendation to change the Concord High mascot from the ‘Minutemen’ to the ‘Bears,'” NBC Bay Area reported last week.

Concord, Calif., shares a name with Concord, Mass., the site of the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the America Revolutionary War.

Changing the school’s mascot will cost $200,000, according to the NBC affiliate.

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