Amid reports that Loudoun County High School is changing its existing mascot name of Raiders to a name yet to be determined, other reports arose last week as to whether Appomattox County High School might also take a name change under consideration.

According to reports, the Loudon County School Board voted June 29 to remove their Raiders name, which was chosen in honor of Civil War Confederate battalion commander John S. Mosby, whose fighters were known as Mosby’s Rangers.

However, the Appomattox Raiders mascot appears to portray a pirate. The patch over its eye is a symbol commonly associated with pirates, such as with the logo of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders (formerly Oakland Raiders).

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