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The Roman goddess Virtus has been on the state flag since 1861, but the banner has only featured her bare breast since the ...
A Texas school has banned a lesson on the Virginia flag. Here's more about how we came to have the design we do.
Virginia's bare-breasted state flag, and a lesson about the Commonwealth of Virginia, has been banned for some students in a Texas school district. The big picture: Lamar CISD, a school district ...
Virginia’s state flag depicts the Roman goddess Virtus conquering a symbolic tyrant, but a Texas school district said her bare boob violated a new policy, according to Axios. Getty Images The ...
Well, it's the Virginia state flag. Anne Russey, co-director of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, told Axios the district confirmed to her the flag violated the district's ban. The seal of the ...
“Today, it's the Virginia state flag. Tomorrow will it be books that contain historical photos or depictions of Holocaust survivors? Breast-feeding mothers? The Paper Bag Princess? Art history ...
At issue is the Virginia state flag. The flag shows Virtus, the Roman goddess of virtue. The problem is one of the goddess's breasts is exposed. The Virginia state flag has been around since 1900.
RICHMOND — School officials in one part of the Lone Star State are no fans of the lone nipple on the Virginia state flag, so they have nixed an online lesson that included a picture of the banner.