Posted on 06/25/2024 11:13:15 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument will host a day of remembrance to commemorate the 148th anniversary of The Battle of Little Bighorn.
This year’s commemoration theme is inspired by Wooden Leg, a Northern Cheyenne warrior who fought against Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. Years later, despite the challenges and battles that had taken place, Wooden Leg said, “we once were enemies, and now we are friends.” This sentiment of friendship continues today through the relationships and collaborative efforts involved to co-steward the land where the battle took place.
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Custer violated nearly every rule of warfare and got what he deserved. His arrogance finally caught up with him.
It’s also National Strawberry Parfait Day. Custard’s Last Stand.....................
“This sentiment of friendship continues today through the relationships and collaborative efforts involved to co-steward the land where the battle took place.”
The Indians should be very leery of any collaborative efforts with the establishment.
I think I remember reading that Custer was hoping to ride a victory into the White House. It didn’t work out that way.
It is a great place to visit after reading about the battle. One can see in the topography, why much of it happened.
That’s utterly uneducated. He made one mistake and underestimated the size of the enemy force. That’s it.
He was a classic aggressive cavalry leader. In several Civil War battles his aggressive leadership carried the day. At Gettysburg, his battles at Cavalry Field likely saved the Union. Without Custer and his Wolverines, JEB Stewart would have hit the Union from behind about the time of Pickett’s Charge.
He very likely saved the union. US Grant personally gifted him the table that he and Lee used at Appomattox.
The plan he used at Little Bighorn worked at the Washita River before.
He was a brave skilled man and his luck ran out one day.
You are buying that revisionist 60s crap. He was a hero, he ran up against a very tough enemy in numbers that caught him off guard. And it’s likely you aren’t fit to shine his boots.
For those who have never been there, go. Beautiful piece of land. Quite surreal.
“Custer violated nearly every rule of warfare and got what he deserved. His arrogance finally caught up with him.”
At the behest of the Union Government.
Nevertheless, it makes for yet another interesting “what if”.
Once back in 1964. I was seven. You could see a lot more in those days, walking and exploring, and there wasn't any of the memorials or statues either. It was almost like being back in time.
Went again, back in 2020. It was different. A lot of commercialization. Still a great place to visit for history buffs like myself.
Grandkids weren't too excited about it. From them, I got the usual public school version of the battle. Hmmm
I believe he graduated last in his class at West Point.
He had Presidential ambitions.
My sense of optimism leads me to hope that issues of American history that involve race will one day be dealt with in a similar manner. We should know and honor our history, including our pain and follies, and collaborate in preserving and transmitting that history in full to posterity.
Rather than using single shot rifles, arming the men with repeating rifles would have had greater effect.
Bttt.
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(Rather than using single shot rifles, arming the men with repeating rifles would have had greater effect.)
That much is true. The single shot Springfield the 7th were using had a tendency to get hot causing the shell casing to get stuck in the breach when trying to eject.
> Rather than using single shot rifles, arming the men with repeating rifles would have had greater effect. <
Thanks. I never saw that argument made. So I just looked it up. By golly, you’re right. Custer’s men were armed with the single shot Springfield Model 1873. Many of the Indians actually had repeating rifles!
It didn’t matter. Custer’s defeat just firmed up government resolve to wipe out all Indian resistance and to appropriate the Black Hills.
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