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2 St. Anthony’s Students Bring Confederate Flag to School, Get Suspended
The students brought the flag to a sporting event, officials say.
Two St. Anthony’s seniors were suspended for bringing a Confederate flag to a game at the South Huntington School, according to News12 Long Island.
During a handball tournament on Wednesday, April 9, the students arrived, with one wearing the Confederate flag on his shoulders, St. Anthony's Principal Brother Gary Cregan told News12.
On Thursday, the students were told they were suspended for 10 days."The use of any symbol, either historic or current, which carries a meaning designed to revive past injustices or to inflame discrimination or racial intolerance, is completely unacceptable and profoundly offensive," Cregan said in a letter to parents, according to Newsday.
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