"We went over the next day and it was completely covered in tarps," said 18-year-old artist Léda Pelton, who had not yet finished her section of the mural about cars and college acceptance.Pelton said Smithsonian officials told them they covered it up because they were "afraid that somebody was going to walk by and see 'Free Palestine' on our mural and get mad and hurt us. And I'm like, 'maybe we are not the problem in that situation.'"
