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Football Game In Lake City Becomes Scene of Confederate Flag Rally

WUFT | By Morgan Rynor,
Nicole Segnini
Published December 7, 2015 at 1:42 PM EST
Seber Newsome III, 58, holds a Confederate flag outside of Columbia High School in Lake City on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Newsome said he drove over an hour from Yulee to support "southern history and heritage." (Charles Hatcher/WUFT News)
Seber Newsome III, 58, holds a Confederate flag outside of Columbia High School in Lake City on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Newsome said he drove over an hour from Yulee to support "southern history and heritage." (Charles Hatcher/WUFT News)

The confederate flag has been a hot topic of debate this year.

Lawmakers have discussed the flag's purpose and place in today's society on both the state and local level, but on Friday night, the discussion trickled down to the school level.
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Morgan Rynor
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Nicole Segnini
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