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National park sign vandalized with racist message, bear skin

| September 22, 2020 4:30 AM

WALLAND, Tenn. (AP) — The National Park Service is trying to identify who mounted a cardboard sign with a racist message and hung a black bear skin over an entrance sign at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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