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At Texas Homecomings, Everything's Coming Up Mums

Dripping Springs juniors Hannah Matthews (left) and Mallory Bush display their mums. (Laura Rice/Texas Standard)
Dripping Springs juniors Hannah Matthews (left) and Mallory Bush display their mums. (Laura Rice/Texas Standard)

Friday nights mean high school football in Texas, and for many Texas high schools, it also means an unusual homecoming tradition: lots of mums. Laura Rice of Here & Now contributor station KUT reports.

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