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Trisha Sorenson is taken into custody Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, at Hill Park in Helena, Mont., after defying orders to leave the grounds of a Confederate monument. City crews moved in Friday morning to begin dismantling the fountain. City commissioners ordered the monument removed earlier this week in response to events in Charlottesville, Va. Sorenson was part of a small group opposed to the removal of the fountain. She was later released. (Thom Bridge/Helena Independent Record via AP)

Trisha Sorenson is taken into custody Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, at Hill Park in Helena, Mont., after defying orders to leave the grounds of a Confederate monument. City crews moved in Friday morning to begin dismantling the fountain. City commissioners ordered the monument removed earlier this week in response to events in Charlottesville, Va. Sorenson was part of a small group opposed to the removal of the fountain. She was later released. (Thom Bridge/Helena Independent Recor…

August 18, 2017

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Helena begins removing Confederate memorial
August 18, 2017 2:27 p.m.

Helena begins removing Confederate memorial

HELENA — The City of Helena on Friday began removing a monument to Confederate soldiers that has been in a public park in Montana’s capital city since 1916.