City of Helena to remove Confederate fountain

[TexasTowelie]

Though no official vote was taken, the Helena City Commission has directed the city manager to remove a Confederate memorial from a city park.

Native American lawmakers in Montana called on the city to remove the granite fountain from Hill Park in downtown Helena Tuesday, following a weekend of violence, including a death, at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. During an administrative meeting that included nearly two hours of public comment Wednesday, commissioners said the removal should be completed as quickly as possible, citing public safety concerns.

Helena City Manager Ron Alles said he will meet with his staff to figure out the best process of removal. The timing will be part of the discussion.

“Now, it’s up to me,” Alles said after the meeting. “I need to digest it as well.”

Read more: http://helenair.com/news/local/helena-commission-to-discuss-fate-of-confederate-fountain/article_606b058a-4e09-5802-a7b8-dc07f2b0a27e.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. WTF was Montana doing with a Confederate memorial in the first place?

It wasn't a southern or Confederate state during the Cvil War. It wasn't even a state!

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Many Confederate Soldiers

headed west into the territories following the war. The first and second generation daughters and granddaughters of the vanquished soldiers, the original United Daughter's of the Confederacy, wanted them remembered as soldiers while also sticking it to any uppity black citizens to remember their place as second class citizens.

[Chipper Chat]

2. look what those C'ville nazis have caused.

This is not their intended result.