Wednesday, April 22, 2009

It turns out that Billings is just an hour from the site of Custer's last stand, so we popped down for a look around. The battlefield is amazingly well done, there's a stone marker at every point where a US Cavalryman was found, as well as a museum, multiple site markers and a few walks.

The sense of history is prevalent throughout the site, we really enjoyed going and want to go again.

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The man himself. Well, his body is in Arlington cemetary but this is where he died.

 

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The last stand is at the marker in the top right of the photo, each white marker is where a Cavalryman fell in battle.

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A rare Indian casualty marker

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The site of the main Indian attackers on the last stand.

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