One year later: Removal of Helena's Confederate fountain
On Aug. 18, 2017 the city of Helena removed a memorial to Confederate soldiers that had resided in a public park since 1916.
A year after it was removed from Hill Park in Helena, a more than 100-year-old granite fountain memorializing Confederate soldiers remains wra…
When Helena's controversial Confederate fountain was removed from Hill Park last summer, there were no plans to install a new monument in its …
Surrounded by Helena police, about a dozen protesters and numerous onlookers on Aug. 18, a city of Helena crew cut stone from the base of the …
Less than a week after directing the city manager to remove the Confederate fountain from Hill Park, the Helena City Commission on Monday pass…
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Though no official vote was taken, the Helena City Commission has directed the city manager to remove a Confederate memorial from a city park.
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Helena is better with it gone.
Place it back in the park where it belongs. We shouldn't impose 21st century beliefs and ideals on something done so long ago - with no malice aforethought. Shame on us!
Why when the raw nerves of everyone on both sides of this controversy did you have to “poke the bear" rather than just leaving if to die peacefully.
Blessings to all,
Marla (Jacoby)Mousseau
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