CUSTER'S LAST STAND AT LITTLE BIG HORN, MT

OK, folks..... We've visited Little Bighorn Battlefield, and I, for one, absolutely enjoyed the experience.... I've actually been here twice before, but the first time was so long ago that I have hardly any recollection of it.... The second time (about nine years ago) it rained, and to top that off, wife and I were having a "tiff" at the time, so it wasn't all that memorable..... At least the skirmish thing, but I do remember the "tiff" so I guess I have my priorities in order, huh?
Anyhoo..... We trekked the battlefield from one end to the other.... About five miles, and both Luanne and I got a lot out of it this time.
Instead of paraphrasing history, I'm going to cheat and write what they said in the brochure:

"Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plaines Indians to preserve their ancestral way of life. Here in the valley of the Little Bighorn River on two hot June days in 1976, more than 260 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army met defeat and death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. Among the dead were Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and every member of his immediate command. Although the Indians won the battle, they subsequently lost the war against the military's efforts to end their independent nomadic life."

Now, with that all behind us, Luanne and I spent the better part of the day roaming around the "neighborhood," listening to Park Rangers' speaches, and totally emerging ourselves in what happened almost two hundred years ago.

That's it for today's history lesson, we'll be moving on to South Dakota tomorrow morning, to a place called Black Hawk, which isn't all that far from The Black Hills, where we will find the famous Mt. Rushmore monument of four presidents (can you name them?), and a few miles from there, we'll visit the "new" monument of a famous Indian (can you name him?)
Yep..... That'd be Crazy Horse.
So, until then, take care, and check back for more updates.
Here's the link to our latest pix.:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Kjell.and.Luanne/CUSTERSLASTSTANDATLITTLEBIGHORNMT#