Panel works on words for sign to accompany Confederate fountain (MT)
10 hours ago • AL KNAUBER
Independent Record
An advisory panel plans more work before it will have recommended language for a sign to accompany Helena’s Confederate memorial fountain in Hill Park ...
Council member Hal Jacobson favored a strong statement while Mary Jane Bradbury wanted language that would allow a reader to reflect on the South of that day.
Donna Torgerson, also a member of the council, advocated for more neutral language that stated the facts of the time ...
Settling the debate, she explained, shouldn’t be the tourism council’s concern, and it should instead focus on the issue of the fountain ...
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